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Description: | The leg is from a cast copper alloy vessel, possibly a cooking vessel. In plan it is sub-rectangular with a broken upper and lower edge. These breaks are not recent. In section the leg is sub semi-circular, with the curved edge forming the outer face of the leg. The reverse face of the leg is slightly concave. In profile the reverse of the leg is straight. The decoration on the outer face of the leg consists of a double ridged horizontal collar, beneath which the leg is narrowed and undecorated. Above the collar the leg is broken. The surface has a mid green shiny patina. The leg measures 40.19mm tall, 40.86mm wide across the leg and 23.93mm thick. It weighs 160g.These 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 decorated leg, No. 158 dates to the 17th century.
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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