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Description: | The object is the leg/foot of a cooking vessel. The leg is cast copper alloy. In plan it is a sub-trapezoidal with the upper portion of the leg narrowing with a horizontal collar. Below the collar the leg is three vertical ridge as decoration, vaguely representing a paw. In section the leg is a sub-triangular shape with rounded corners. The upper edge of the leg is broken, but not recently. In length the leg is 34.1mm long, 23.5mm wide and 14.5mm thick. It weighs 37.98g. The surface of the leg is covered with a mottled green/brown patina. There are areas of a sooty deposit. Cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th centuries.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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