COMMON VIKING AGE FORMS FROM DANISH AREAS

HESSEL
Round-bottomed, closed mouth,
narrow shoulder with a small rim



ROSENALLE
Open-mouthed with a more pronounced rim.
Flat-bottomed.




BLØD KUGLEPOT
Classic rounded cauldron. With or without a rim around the relatively closed mouth.
Bonfire-fired at low temperature.




HALVKUGLEKAR
The half-cauldron. Round-bottomed with  an open mouth.
No rim beyond sometimes a slight in-turning of the edge of mouth.




TRELLEBORG
Essentially a flat-bottomed form of the  half-cauldron.




HÅRD KUGLEPOTTE
The form which comes to dominate in the early middle ages. A round-bottomed cauldron with a closed mouth and a well-formed rim. These were fired to kiln temperatures and more durable than early forms.