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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy leg, probably from a medieval or post-medieval cooking vessel. The leg has a concave top and a shorter, broadly flat base (with one corner missing). The sides are broadly straight in plan, with rounded (convex) edges. One face of the leg has a median rib running from top to base. In profile, the leg tapers from top to base.
The pot leg is 38.1mm long, 48.2mm wide, and 18.9mm from front to rear. These are maximum dimensions. The leg has a mass of 123.3g. There are some black deposits on all faces of the leg. Where there are no black deposits, the surface has a pitted light green and brown surface. The black deposits are likely to be carbonaceous and suggest that this was a cooking vessel ?? such as a cauldron or a skillet. Geake (2001, p46) states that cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and continued at least until around 1600. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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