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Description: | The object is the leg/foot of a cooking vessel. The leg is cast copper alloy. In plan it is sub-triangular shape, with the tip of the triangle forming the foot. In length the leg is 32.6mm, 37.9mm wide at the foot and 17.2mm thick.
In section (the horizontal section) the leg is a sub-rectangular shape with a central vertical ridge on the outer surface. The base of the foot is a The reverse of the leg is flat.
The upper edge is broken, but not recently.
The surface of the leg is slightly pitted with red copper corrosion, and has a black soot deposit on the outer and inner surfaces. There are traces of a green/brown patina, which also covers the upper broken edge.
Cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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