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Description: | A cast copper alloy cooking vessel leg/foot. The leg is a sub-rectangle in plan, with rounded edges. The base of the leg is sub-trapezoidal in section with a central triangular protrusion on the long edge. This trignular protrusion forms a vertical ridge on the outer face of the leg. The lower edge of the leg appears to be broken but not recently as a heavy black carbon deposit, which was probably due to smoke, covers the break and the there are large patches on the outer face and reverse of the leg. The upper edge of the leg is also broken, but not recently. This break doe not have the black carbon deposit suggest the deposit occurred during use and not when the vessel was broken. Otherwise the surface of the leg is slightly abraded but has a mottled green/grey colour. The leg measures 45.64mm wide, 40.36mm tall and 19.4mm thick. It weighs 92.9g.
It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. The carbon deposit may suggest a skillet or cauldron. Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. | 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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