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Description: | The object is possibly a fragment of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel rim. In profile the body of the vessel is almost straight and vertical. The rim is sub-triangular in profile. The rim has a slightly obliquely angled horizontal surface; the underside of the rim is more obliquely angled, thereby forming a sub-triangle with the vessel wall. The wall of the vessel is particular slender, at its thickest, just below the rim, it is 2.09mm. The fragment has broken edges that are not too recent. The interior surface has a smooth surface. The exterior surface is also quite smooth, but has horizontal, fine linear striations. The exterior surface has traces of a black substance which may be carbon/sooty deposits. The fragment measures 34.83mm wide across the rim and 19.18mm long. It weighs 7.62g.
Helen Geake suggests these cooking vessels date from the 13th to 16th centuries (Finds Recording Guide 2001). However the vessel does not seem as robust as normal cooking vessels, and therefore it may have had another function. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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