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Unusual Dutch Oven Lid Found at Tannehill.

New discovery is clue to type of cookware made during the Civil War
The partially ledgible inscription on this dutch oven lid reads "No. 3 Bisquit"

The partially legible inscription on this dutch oven lid reads "No. 3 Bisquit"

Over the years, archaeological digs at Tannehill have uncovered much cast iron cookware ranging from small fragments of rims, handles and feet to nearly complete lids and bodies. We know from a few historical documents that iron cooking implements were cast here, but these documents don’t tell what specific patterns were made.
This piece may have been a “reject,” or miss cast item.
The underside of the lid is very thick, about three times thicker and much heavier than usual.

The underside of the lid is very thick, about three times thicker and much heavier than usual.

The underside of the lid is very thick, about three times thicker and much heavier than usual. The jagged edges and seam across the middle of the underside of the lid suggest that this piece was either cast improperly or never finished. This might indicate that the piece was actually made here rather than brought in from somewhere else. If so, we now have a pattern that we can compare to many cookware fragments that our digs have uncovered in order to determine if these otherwise unidentifiable items were made at the iron works during the Civil War.

Side view of the dutch oven lid.

Side view of the dutch oven lid.

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