Frying pans, Skillets & Gridirons

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Summary by Area

England

Frying pans have been found in Winchester and York. [Ottaway 2009:p.6]

Denmark

No skillets or gridirons have been found. [Roesdahl 1982:p.124]

Norway

Petersen counts 132 skillets as of 1951.[Petersen 1951:p.419-421, p.529-530] 100 of the finds could be gendered with 47 being male and 53 being female. The skillet pan varies from 14.5 to 30cm in diameter, the normal being between 18 and 23cm. Shafts range from 44 to 96cm, the normal being between 58 and 80cm. There are 3 ways of joining the shaft to the pan:
1 - (22 examples)
2 Rhomboid expansion - like R430 (20 examples)
3 Shaft splits in 2 - (12 examples)
The other end of the shaft terminates in either a ring or a loop. One repaired examples was tanged and must have ended in a wooden handle (C.1315)

Petersen counts 6 gridirons as of 1951.[Petersen 1951:p.429-430, p.530]. "They consist of a handle which is bent into a spiral at one end in the same plane as the handle. Both handle and spiral are formed of a flat, broad, iron band." The diamter of the spiral is between 12 to 16cm in diamter and the shaft between 16 to 50cm long.

Sweden

Frying Pans

Deep sided, with a flat bottom.

England, Winchester

Frying Pan - England, Winchester (Ottaway 2009).JPG
Current Location- WRU SF.669


England, York

Frying Pan - England, York WOV 1953.JPG
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Skillets

Flat or slightly dished pan with a long handle
Panne, Stekepanne, Stegepande

Norway, Oseberg C55000 128

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Norway, Hordaland: Stalheim, Voss B4736

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Norway, Lekve B5490

Skillet - Norway, Lekve B5490 (Universitetsmuseene).JPG
Current Location-  B5490



Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Guddal, Stryn B5030

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Norway, Hordaland: Kongsvik Store, Tysnes B7639

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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Osen, Gaular B15813

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Norway, Hordaland: Gjelle, Voss C1315

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Norway, Oppland: Leirhol, Vang C2563.2

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Norway, Skomrag C5787

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C11475 Vestfold: SANDE, Larvik

C12685 Buskerud: HENNUM, Lier

C14506 Buskerud: FLESBERG

Mans Grave - Found with weapons [www.unimus.no]

Norway, Velo

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C1757 Telemark: Åkre, Lærdal

C19082 Aust-Agder: HELLE, Valle

C24060 Oppland: VALBJØR, VÅGÅ

C25096a Buskerud: VILLAND, HOL [www.unimus.no]

C30215 Buskerud: VE, FLÅ [www.unimus.no]


S2326 f Rogaland: Litlaland, Sola Made from 5 sheets of metal. Tanged shaft. Probably had a wooden handle? (Petersen 1951)

T16358 d Nord-Trøndelag: Husby Vestre, Stjørdal [www.unimus.no]

T15136 f Nord-Trøndelag: Nygården, Frosta [www.unimus.no]

tsnf48552 [www.unimus.no]

Gridirons

Norway, Akershus: Berger, Aurskog-Holand

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Norway, Oppland: Remme, Vang

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Norway, Vestfold: Odberg Nordre, Odberg Sondre, Larvik

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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Vikja, Gaular

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Current Location- - B3320 e
Type- Grave Male AD 900-1000
Find Date- 1879
Construction- A remnant of a spiral. The shaft is quite thin, 0.9cm wide and 16-17 cm long. The shaft was possibly inserted into a wooden handle and was attached to the spiral by a small rivet. (Petersen 1951)
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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Eide Øvre, Stryn

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Norway, Nord-Trøndelag: Nordgården Nedre, Steinkjer

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References

Council of Europe (2003) World of the Vikings. CD-ROM. Alive Learning Ltd. [WOV 2003] *
Graham-Campbell, James (ed.) (1980) Viking Artefacts, A Select Catalogue. British Museum Publications [GRAHAM-CAMPBELL 1980] *
Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. [PETERSEN 1951] *
Rannen, Anders M. (2002) Med vevsverd og stekepanne. Tekstilredskaper og Kjokkenredskaper i vestnorske mannsgraver fra yngre jernalder [RANNEN 2002] *
Roesdahl, Else, and Wilson, David M. (eds.) (1992) From Viking to Crusader, The Scandinavians and Europe 800-1200. Nordic Council of Ministers. [ROESDAHL & WILSON 1992] *
Rygh, O. (1885) Norske Oldsager. [Norwegian Antiquities]. Christiana. [RYGH 1885] *

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