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Description: | A cast copper alloy cooking vessel leg/foot. The leg is a sub-trapezoid in plan, with rounded and one corner has a spur forming a 'L' shape in profile which forms a fragment of the foot rather than the leg. The upper edge of the leg has a broken edge, but this is not a recent break. The outer face of the leg is decorated with a integral, off-centre vertical ridge. The surfaces of the leg have patches of a black carbon deposit, which is probably a carbon deposit due to smoke. The leg measures 43.34mm wide, 28.53mm tall and 23.77mm thick. It weighs 63.3g. It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. The size and carbon deposit may suggest a skillet or cauldron. Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries.
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