jakoś mi bardziej do XIX wieku pasuje, ale wyłącznie intuicyjnie...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauldron

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Note added at 18 mins (2006-10-19 13:00:40 GMT)
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żeby nie było, że to tylko czarownice:

The amount of food and drink that the kitchen workers prepared daily was immense. Here the 20-foot range is visible, along with vast copper cauldrons for cooking soup and vegetables.

http://www.dayton.va.gov/museum/veterans.cfm - dwunasta fotka od gory - XIX wiek!:)

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cauldron noun a black cast-iron cauldron pot, kettle.