Frying pans, Skillets & Gridirons - The Viking Age Compendium

Frying pans, Skillets & Gridirons

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Viking Age Compendium articles on Cooking & Eating:

Household

Copper-alloy Cauldrons & Pans

Drinking & Blowing Horns

Frying pans, Skillets & Gridirons

Ladles

Spoons

Viking Age Compendium articles on Cooking & Eating:

Household

Copper-alloy Cauldrons & Pans

Drinking & Blowing Horns

Frying pans, Skillets & Gridirons

Ladles

Spoons

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 (Åkre, Lærdal C1757): 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

Current Location- WRU SF.669

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Type- c. AD 901-903

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Construction- Iron dish with an iron handle.

Dimensions- Dia-pan:30cm L-shaft:32cm

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England, York

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Construction- Iron dish. No handle found.

Dimensions- Dia-pan(rim):35cm; Dia-pan(base):22cm; Depth-pan:6.5cm

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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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Construction- Iron dish with an iron handle.

Dimensions- D-pan:25cm L-handle:79cm

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Norway, Hordaland: Stalheim, Voss B4736

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Norway, Lekve B5490

Current Location- B5490

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Construction- Iron dish with an iron handle.

Dimensions- D-pan:21.5cm L-total:66.5cm

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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Guddal, Stryn B5030

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Norway, Hordaland: Kongsvik Store, Tysnes B7639

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Dimensions- diameter 30cm (Universitetsmuseene)

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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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(2 skillets + ladle?)

Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. p.421
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Norway, Skomrag C5787

Current Location- C5787

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Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. p.423, 425; fig.226
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Norway, Vestfold: SANDE, Larvik C11475

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Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. p.421, 423; fig.223
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Norway, Buskerud: HENNUM, Lier C12685

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Norway, Buskerud: FLESBERG C14506

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Comments- Mans Grave - Found with weapons

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Norway, Velo

Current Location- - C16512

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Norway, Telemark: Åkre, Lærdal C1757

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Norway, Aust-Agder: HELLE, Valle C19082

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Norway, Oppland: VALBJØR, VÅGÅ C24060

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Norway, Buskerud: VILLAND, HOL C25096a

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Norway, Buskerud: VE, FLÅ C30215

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Norway, Rogaland: Litlaland, Sola S2326 f

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Made from 5 sheets of metal. Tanged shaft. Probably had a wooden handle? (Petersen 1951)

Norway, Nord-Trøndelag: Husby Vestre, Stjørdal T16358 d

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Norway, Nord-Trøndelag: Nygården, Frosta T15136 f

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Norway, tsnf48552

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Gridirons

Norway, Akershus: Berger, Aurskog-Holand

Current Location- - C15788

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Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. p.429-430, p.530, no.1
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Norway, Oppland: Remme, Vang

Current Location- - C21074

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Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. p.429-430, p.530, no.2
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Norway, Vestfold: Odberg Nordre, Odberg Sondre, Larvik

Current Location- - C13704

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Petersen, Jan (1951) Vikingetidens Redskaper. p.429-430, p.530, no.3
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Norway, Sogn og Fjordane: Vikja, Gaular

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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Comments- Found with a sword (Petersen type X); spear; arrowhead (R539); Axe (Petersen type A/H) (Rannen 2002)

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