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Description: | Eight pieces of copper alloy sheet and one cast copper alloy foot. These may represent either parts of a single copper-alloy vessel or a small group of scrap metal. All of these artefacts probably date from the late medieval to post medieval periods (1400 - 1650).
The group consists of five piece of sheet metal that are probably from the body of a copper alloy vessel, two pieces of rim, one escutcheon for suspending the vessel, and one copper alloy foot or pot-leg.
The five body pieces vary in both size and shape. The largest is 68.6mm long, 56.4mm wide and 2.3mm thick. The smallest is 34mm long, 26.5mm wide, and 2.3mm thick. As a group they weigh 74.31 grams. They all are a mid - light green colour and have an even patina. The edges and breaks are uneven and jagged. There is no noticeable curviture to any of the pieces, however, many of them have longitudinal crack that suggests they may have been flattened.
The two pieces of rim are larger than the body pieces described above. The largest is 82.1mm long, 58.6mm wide, 2.3mm thick. The smaller is 62.5mm long, 49.8mm wide, 2.3mm thick. Their combined weight is 69.38 grams. They all are both a mid - light green colour and have an even patina. The edges and breaks are uneven and jagged. There is a slight curve to both pieces and also a slight flaring. The rims of both pieces are bevelled and curved outwards. The only decoration visible is a incised groove or line 6mm below the rim of both pieces.
The escutcheon is sub-rectangular in plan with the top and bottom sides being parrelel and the two sides tapering inwards from the top. It measures 35.5mm length, 50.3mm width, and is 4.8mm thick. It weighs 27 grams. The escutcheon is formed from a single sheet of copper alloy which has been folded in half. It has three sub-circular holes (each with a diameter of 7.1mm) cut through both sheets. These holes form the three corners of a triangle. The lower two holes have rivets created from rolled copper-alloy sheet through them. The upper acts as a suspension loop, and is elipsical due to wear. Riveted between the two sides of the escutcheon is a piece of copper alloy, presumably a rim from a copper alloy vessel. There is no decoration on either side of the escutcheon.
The cast copper alloy foot or pot-leg is sub-hexagonal in plan, sub-rectangular in profile and is D shaped cross section. It measures 25.3mm length, 28.4mm width, is 20.6mm thick, and weighs 65.16 grams. Several sides have a dark brown - black staining, which is probably a build up of soot, the other surfaces are a mid - blue green colour. The top surface is jagged and damaged and is where the vessel would have been attached. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Reavill, Peter - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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