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Description: | The leg is from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. In plan it is a sub-rectangle, with the shorter edges forming the upper and lower edges of the leg. In profile the leg is straight and then the front face starts to curve outwards to form the foot, but the leg is incomplete and therefore the foot is missing. The outer face of the leg is decorated with a vertical, central triangular sectioned ridge, the reverse is undecorated. The sides of the leg are rounded. The upper edge is broken, but is not a recent break. The lower edge may not be the original edge, but appears to have been distorted as it is obliquely angled, has traces of a black deposit. This edge also has bubbles visible, which are not visible elsewhere on the leg. Both the front and reverse faces has a black deposit which is probably a sooty/carbon deposit. Otherwise the surface has a mottled green/beige coloured deposit.
The leg measures 52.36mm tall, 43.73mm wide across the foot and 17.44mm thick. It weighs 106g.
These cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler and Green (2003 English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 Acanthus Press) illustrate vessels with a similar leg, No. 184 dating to the 14th century late and No. 47 dating to the late 16th century. | Subjects: | Leg | 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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