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Description: | The object is the leg/foot of a cooking vessel. The leg is cast copper alloy. In plan it is a sub-trapezoidal with the upper portion of the leg narrowing with a horizontal collar. Below the collar the leg is three vertical ridges as decoration, vaguely representing a paw. In section the leg is a sub-semi circular shape with rounded corners. The upper edge of the leg is broken, but not recently. In length the leg is 43.23mm long, 35.9mm wide and 19.67mm thick. It weighs 127.09g. The surface of the leg is covered with a mottled green/brown patina. There are areas of a sooty deposit. Cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th 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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