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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman vessel foot, probably from a bucket. These items were used in sets of three to protect the bases of Roman cast or sheet bronze vessels, in particular buckets (Jackson 1990, 46). The foot has a slightly curving rectangular shape, which would have corresponded to the size of the base of the vessel it supported. In this case the bucket's base must have been around 18 cm in diameter. There are two opposing kidney-shaped perforations through the centre of the object and at each end is a cut away stepped notch. One side of the object is flat, but the other has a longitudinal concave depression, in between the two perforations and the indentations at each end. On the latter (upper) side there are traces of the lead-tin solder which would have been used to affix the foot to the main body of the vessel. The slightly convex (outer) edge is decorated with an engraved running wave design, with annulets in the centre of the free spaces created by the waves, which gives the appearance of a series of human eyes. The running wave may be in imitation of guilloche, a motif commonly used in Roman mosaics. | Subjects: | Foot | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Payne, Naomi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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