This complete enamelware pan is decorated in a style called spatterware. The pan is coated with enamel, which when fired created a non-porous glaze on the surface, enabling easier clean up. Enamelware cookware was popular in the 19th century. The one quart sized pan was discovered during a metal detector survey in 2016 at the Kaw Mission in Council Grove by Kansas Historical Society archeologists and volunteers. The Mission was built over the winter of 1850 - 1851 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South as a school for boys in the Kaw (or Kansa) tribe. The site was acquired by the state of Kansas in 1951 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.