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Description: | A bronze (copper-alloy) pot leg of a large cooking or storage vessel, dating from the late medieval to post-medieval period (circa 1350 - 1850). The fragment may have been part of a cauldron or similar large vessel. The foot of the pot leg has five facets or lobes, resembling a claw. The lobes are very pronounced and rounded. The central lobe is more prominent than the two either side. The bases of all of the lobes have been levelled off, meaning that they all touch the surface they are standing on. The angle at which the leg rests is about 45 ° , which indicates the angle at which the legs supporting the large vessel would have sat. The reverse of the leg is concave, which have perhaps been done to remove some weight from the vessel or make the cast thinner so to remove any chance of the vessel not casting probably.
The leg is a mid greenish-brown colour, but the surface is heavily pitted and very corroded. The broken edge at the top of the leg is very worn and corroded. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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