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Title: COOKING VESSEL [Go to resource]
Description: The object is the leg/foot of a cooking vessel. The leg is cast copper alloy. In plan it is an elongated trapezoidal shape. The tip is the lower edge of the foot. The upper edge is a broken surface, but the break did not occur recently. This break is obliquely angled towards the internal face of the vessel. The exterior surface of the leg/foot has a slight central vertical ridge. In length the leg is 27.3mm long, 29.8mm wide and 14.6mm thick. It weighs 29.14g. The surface of the leg is covered with traces of a green/brown patina, otherwise the surface has a purple/red copper corrosion. There are traces 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 More Like this...
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