Museum catalogue: Antarctic Collection
Trypot
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Accession no.: | Y: 52/53 | ||||||||||
Object name: | Trypot | ||||||||||
Title: | Trypot | ||||||||||
Description: | A sealers' iron trypot, made at Wapping Docks, London, and dating from about 1800. It was found on King Edward Point, Grytviken, South Georgia, where it stood near the Magistrate's house until 1952. Try-pots were supported on brick bases, often mounted in series to conserve heat from fires beneath them, and were used for boiling seal blubber to extract the oil. | ||||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||||
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A round iron try-pot (cauldron) with a round base and a large rim. It is flattened on two sides, one of which has a large round hole for drainage, and there is a metal loop underneath the rim on the two round sides. Three holes have been drilled in the base to enable rainwater to drain out of it (not original to the pot). |
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