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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel rim. The rim, in profile is a vertical sub-lozenge shape with rounded corners. The exterior surface has a vertical irregular ridge which may be a casting seam. The exterior surface is otherwise slightly rough with traces of a black deposit which may be a carbon/sooty deposit. The interior surface is a smooth surface with a green/grey coloured patina. There are two scratches on this surface, one maybe recent, the other is covered with the patina. The casting seam is not visible on the interior surface. The edges of the fragment, with the exception of the rim are all broken, but they do not appear to be recent breaks. On one of the side edges there appears to be an incomplete circular rivet hole, which has a dark green/black coloured coating. On the interior surface, around the rivet hole there is also a smear of this dark green black substance which does not appear to be a sooty deposit.
The fragment measures 26.84mm wide across the rim and 42.79mm long from the rim to the lower edge. It weighs 35.2g.
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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