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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy cauldron/ skillet leg, dating from the 14th - 16th century, between AD 1300 - 1600. (length: 37mm; width: 37.5mm; thickness [at base of foot]: 19.5mm; weight: 59.5g). This small paw-shaped cauldron leg has slight ridges to the left, right and the centre, indicating the paw??s toes. The artefact curves outwards towards the base of the artefact, has a slanted and uneven base as well as slanting outwards slightly to the sides to form a wider base. The back of the leg is flat and undecorated. Overall, the cauldron leg is in a worn and corroded condition with a dark green patina. A similar example is illustrated by Margeson in 'Norwich Households: Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78', East Anglian Archaeology, 1993, page 90, figure 57, Ref no 562. Similar legs can be seen on this complete example of a skillet and were excavated from a datable context of 1507 AD. However, it is noted that these and other examples found in this deposit were 'likely to have been of considerable age in 1507' (Margeson, page 93). | Subjects: | leg cauldron | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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