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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel rim. The rim, in profile is semi-circular with a vertical exterior and the interior having a 'D' shaped profile. The interior is quite smooth with occasional scratches and pitting. It is also abraded, therefore there are only traces of a dark grey coloured patina. The exterior surface is rough with feint horizontal striations covering the surface. There are also larger scratches which may be recent. The exterior surface has a heavy black carbon deposit, which was probably due to smoke if the vessel was used over a fire. The exterior surface is, therefore, black with a dark grey/green patina revealed by the scratches. Some of the black deposit covers a broken edge near the rim. The only original edge is the rim, the other edges of the fragment are all broken, but not recently. The fragment measures 30.38mm wide across the rim and 39.39mm long from the rim to the lower edge. It weighs 30.9g. The shape of the rim and the discolouration on the exterior which may be due to a carbon deposit suggests this was probably a type of cooking vessel. However this does not explain why the black discolouration occurs on the break. The rim suggests it was a deep container rather than a dish when viewed in profile. Helen Geake (Finds Recording Guide 2001) suggests cooking vessels date from the 13th to 17th 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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