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Description: | Fragment of the rim of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. The exterior has a slight concave neck and the interior of the rim has an elongated 'D' shaped profile. Just beneath the rim the wall of the vessel is 2.21mm thick. Abrasion to the fractures suggests that the vessel was broken in antiquity. The interior surface has quite a smooth surface with traces of a mottled green/grey coloured patina. On the exterior surface is a heavy black deposit which may be a carbon/sooty deposit. The exterior is quite rough and has a vertical ridge which is similar to a casting seam, but if this is the case, it is not visible on the interior surface. The fragment measures 65.2mm wide across the rim and 34.34mm long. It weighs 44.13g.
Helen Geake (Finds Recording Guide 2001) suggests cooking vessels, such as this, date from the 13th to 16th centuries. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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