Dear Bow ~

Yah, I have one of those, too. I inherited it from my mother and know that, with proper care, one of my children will cart it away to their kitchen when I am dead and gone.

I would call it a Dutch oven, save for the handle which is clearly frying pan size and shape. I would call it a frying pan, save that it is much deeper than a frying pan and has a heavey, cast iron lid. I have used it for deep frying -- back before I spent way too much money on a fancy deep fryer out of a catalogue.

Conclusion: it is entirely possible to use an implement in the kitchen for many decades without knowing what it is ... or, at least, what to properly call it.