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Description: | A cast copper alloy vessel leg and foot. In plan it is a sub-trapezoid with a rounded foot along the lower narrow edge. The upper edge is broken, but not break is not recent. In profile the leg is straight, and tapers slightly towards the foot. The foot is then rounded. The surface of the leg is abraded and only small areas of a dark green patina remains. There are slight traces of a black deposit which is probably a sooty/carbon deposit. The leg measures 21.45mm tall, 25.83mm wide and 9.19mm thick. It weighs 17.9g.
The leg is probably from cooking vessel, and the trace of a black deposit possibly suggests it was originally stood or suspended over a fire. 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. 197, dates to the mid 18th century. | Subjects: | Cooking | 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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