Skillet
Physical Object
1986.008.0837
Nuestra Señora de Atocha (1622)
circa 1620
A skillet or frying pan has a long tapering handle that opens to a wide, shallow, everted pan. Cooking on galleons was done with an open flame, and the long handle would have allowed the user to move and shake the pan without having to put a hand near the fire. The handle is stamped with an “M,” likely the maker’s mark.
94 cm L , Item (Overall)