Having been a potter, I'd say it was unsafe (for the pot) to use it to cook over an open flame. Being earthenware,it's too big and porous to be evenly heated and thus would probably crack due to heat stress. It is possible that it was used for hanging storage rather than as cookware.
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Having been a potter, I'd say it was unsafe (for the pot) to use it to cook over an open flame. Being earthenware,it's too big and porous to be evenly heated and thus would probably crack due to heat stress. I'd be wary of using it in an oven, again because of temperature differences between the oven temperature and temperature of the contents. It is possible that it was used for hanging storage rather than as cookware.
Having been a potter, I'd say it was unsafe (for the pot) to use it to cook over an open flame. Being earthenware,it's too big and porous to be evenly heated and thus would probably crack due to heat stress. I'd be wary of using it in an oven again because of temperature differences between the oven temperature and temperature of the contents. It is possible that it was used for hanging storage rather than as cookware.
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