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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy leg or foot from a copper alloy vessel probably a cauldron or skillet of later medieval date (1300 - 1600). The lower section of the foot is broken and the break is worn and patinated. All that remains of the vessel leg is the upper section which would have soldered to the base of the vessel. The fragment is broadly sub-rectangular (broadly D shaped) in plan and cross section. The broken edge extends from the outer edge of the underside of the fragment. The break suggests that the foot was D shaped in section. A small raised point is present on the upper surface and this may have aided attachment to the vessel. The fragment measures 30.9mm in length, has a maximum width of 42.8mm, a maximum thickness of 15.9mm and it weighs 51.36 grams. The fragment is undecorated. It is a mid green colour with an uneven patina. This patina has been abraded in several places, probably through movement in the soil. This movement has also damaged the edges of the leg producing an asymmetrical shape. In the areas where abrasion has occurred a light green active powdery corrosion is present. Similar examples of feet from copper alloy vessels have been dated to the later medieval period (1300 - 1600).
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