Viking & Dark Aged

Cooking and Feasting Equipment

Oseberg Tripod

Oseberg Tripod

purchased from Oscar the Blacksmith


Based on Oseberg Tripod from the Oseberg ship find

Source location: Oseberg, Norway

Dating from : 800 - 850 CE


Historical Source Information

Oseberg Tripod from the Oseberg ship find

Source location: Oseberg, Norway

Dating from : 800 - 850 CE

Collection information: Universitetets Oldsaksamling, Oslo, Oseberg

References:

A. W. Brøgger, H. Schetelig: Osebergfundet II. Kristiania, 1928

Link to Museum photos of original

http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/I=40233KHM

Cooking Pots and Hanging Chains

Cooking Pots

Handmade by Thatshim ( Gary Baker )

1. a segmented one based on the one in the oseberg find


2. a byzantine styled one which we have added a handle to, to make it more useable


chains & hooks based on Mästermyr find,



Historical Source Information

Oseberg segmented Cooking pot

Link to Museum photos of original

http://www.unimus.no/foto/#/I=40233KHM


Mästermyr Pot

flat bottom pot

Source location: Mästermyr, Gotland, Sweden

Dating from : Viking

Collection information: Staten Historiska Museum, Stockholm SHM 21592:024

Link to Museum photos of original

http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=107208


Mästermyr kettle pot

flat bottom pot

Source location: Mästermyr, Gotland, Sweden

Dating from : Viking

Collection information: Staten Historiska Museum, Stockholm SHM 21592:023

Link to Museum photos of original

http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=107207


Bengstarvet Pot

22 cm wide, 14 cm tall (body)

Source location: Bengstarvet, Dalarna, Sweden

Dating from : 'Late Viking Age'

References:

The Vikings / Graham-Capbell & Kidd - page 81 / number 41

chains & hooks based on Mästermyr find,


Mästermyr chain

Source location: Mästermyr, Gotland, Sweden

Dating from : Viking

Collection information: Staten Historiska Museum, Stockholm SHM 21592:017

Link to Museum photos of original

http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=107094


Chain. - Iron.

Source location: Nosaby, Nosaby, Skåne, Sweden.

Dating from : Iron age - Modern

Collection information: Staten Historiska Museum, Stockholm SHM 8047

Link to Museum photos of original

http://www.flickr.com/photos/historiska/6875815875/in/photostream


Chain with Hook Tammel

No size given, shown with Iron Cauldron, Dish Iron

Source Location : Zaozere, Ladoga (St Petersburg), Russia

Dating from : 10th Century

References:

Viking to Crusader / Rosedahl & Wilson - page 304 / number 292


Chain with Hook Tammel

length about 1 m

Source Location : Bengstarvet, Dalarna, Sweden

Dating from :'Late Viking Age'

References:

Viking Artifacts : Graham-Campbell - page 201 & 17 / number 48

Cooking Frypans

Handmade by Thatshim ( Gary Baker )

Frypans based on Oseberg find & Lekve, Norway 'Viking Age' one

Lekve Frypan

diameter 21 cm, total length 85 cm

Source location: Lekve, Norway

Dating from : Viking


Historical Source Information

Lekve Frypan

diameter 21 cm, total length 85 cm

Source location: Lekve, Norway

Dating from : Viking

Collection information: ?

References:

Viking Artifacts : Graham-Campbell - page 201 & 17 / number 48


Frying pan. - Iron.

Source location: Unknown find spot. Sweden

Dating from : unknown

Collection information: Staten Historiska Museum, Stockholm SHM 99Link to Museum photos of original

http://www.flickr.com/photos/historiska/6875777661/in/photostream


Mästermyr Frypan

Source location: Mästermyr, Gotland, Sweden

Dating from : Viking

Collection information: Staten Historiska Museum, Stockholm SHM 21592:018

Link to Museum photos of original

http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid.asp?fid=107156


Viking Frypan

References:

Vikings North Atlantic Saga : Fitzhugh & Ward - page 159 / figure 10.7



Cooking Roasting Fork , Spatula and Laddle

Handmade by Thatshim ( Gary Baker )

laddle based on the Oseberg one

Roasting fork based on based on Mästermyr find,

Spatula based on Mästermyr find ?

Dating from : Viking

Historical Source Information

Roasting fork based on based on Mästermyr find,

Spatula based on Mästermyr find ?

laddle based on the Oseberg one


Roasting spit. - Iron.

Source location: Grave find, Vendels by, Vendel, Uppland, Sweden.

Dating from : Vendel

Collection information: Staten Historiska Museum, Stockholm SHM 7250:1

Link to Museum photos of original

http://www.flickr.com/photos/historiska/6875772741/in/photostream


Meat Fork

32 cm overall (head only) with 11 cm long prongs

Source location: Sekse, Hordaland, Norway

Dating from : 900's

Collection information:

References:

Vikings North Atlantic Saga : Fitzhugh & Ward - page 159 / figure 10.6

Cup - Tatingware Beaker

Cup - Tatingware Beaker

Cup - grey Frisian ones were purchased from Flaming Gargoyle Pottery

Tatingware Beaker

Ms7: Frisian 9thC, 10cm x 9cm

Source location: Björkö, Borg, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden. SHM 34000:Bj 457

Dating from : Viking Period


Cup - brown Lagoda ones were purchased from Gumeracha Potter

Lagoda Russia

Historical Source Information

Vessel.Ceramic.

Tatinger ware of Central-European provenance.

Source location: Björkö, Borg, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden. SHM 34000:Bj 457

Dating from : Viking Period

Collection information: Staten Historiska Museum, Stockholm SHM Bj 457


References:

Link to Museum photos of original

http://www.flickr.com/photos/historiska/6880039023/in/photostream


Tatingware Beaker

Ms7: Frisian 9thC, 10cm x 9cm

Lagoda Russia


References:

Regia Anglorum - Pottery

http://www.regia.org/pottery.htm

Anglo-Saxon Pottery: A Symposium By G. C. Dunning, ]. G. Hurst, ]. N. L. Myres and F. Tischlerg.

http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/dissemination/pdf/vol03/3_001_078.pdf

Tatingware Jug

Tatingware Jug

Made by Flaming Gargoyle Pottery

Based on Tating ware pitcher

Kaupang Norway

Frisian 9thC,

Historical Source Information

Tating ware pitcher

Kaupang Norway

Ms8: Frisian 9thC, 19cm x 20cm

http://www.kaupang.uio.no/bilder/kaupangibilder/tatingkanne.jpg


References:

Tating ware pottery from Kaupang. with cross motif on the pitcher.

& Borg pitchers (from : Mikkelsen in Viking 2002 : 122; Munch, Johansen & Roesdahl 2003 : 207)

http://www.travels-in-time.net/e/norway09arteng.htm

Things from the Town. Artefacts and Inhabitants in Viking-age Kaupang. by Dagfinn Skre

http://www.academia.edu/1122086/Things_from_the_Town._Artefacts_and_Inhabitants_in_Viking-age_Kaupang

Timeline York Plus - Tating Ware: A Shining Example of Frankish Pottery

http://yorkcommunityarchaeology.pbworks.com/w/page/36016321/Pot%20Spot%3A%20Tating%20Ware

finds in England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, and Germany

Wooden Trenchers

Wooden Trenchers

Hand made by Thatshim ( Gary Baker )


These shapes have been found from the Viking period in the Oseberg Ship Grave thru to the 19th Century

see our Pinterest board for pictures of Original Wooden Trenches

God Logs

God Logs Odin and Freya

Hand carved by Indunna ( Jenny Baker )

Odin : based on an original carving in the Hegge stavkirke ( Hegge Stave Church ) in Norway


Freya: a inspired carving


Man : based on the Oseberg Cart man

Historical Source Information


Historical Source Information