A Charles II leaded bronze skillet, South-Eastern England, dated 1680


With flared rim and slightly waisted body, the handle unbraced and cast with two grooves and the indented inscription 'AC 1680', the legs ribbed and with wrythen collars above ribbed 'hoof'-like feet, 13.7cm rim diameter x 14.5cm high to tip of handle
|This skillet - which has no scratch-mark to its body - has legs characteristic of skillets made in South-Eastern England but is unusual in having no brace beneath the handle where it joins the body, in common with skillets inscribed with the names Edward and Thomas Rumens. A skillet handle inscription bearing the latter's name is also formed from indented characters. The name Rumens is common in the area around Tunbridge Wells, Kent. See R. Butler & C. Green, English Bronze Cooking Vessels & their Founders 1350 - 1830 (2003), pp. 93 - 4.