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Description: | A cast copper alloy cooking vessel leg/foot. The leg is a sub-rectangle in plan. The upper edge is broken at an oblique angle. The break is not recent as the patina covers it. In profile the leg and foot form a sub 'L' shape with the leg leaning backwards at c. 35 °. The base of the foot is trapezoidal with the narrowest edge forming the reverse edge. The leg and foot is decorated with a prominent, integral vertical ridge which is semi-circular in section. The surface of the leg has a well developed mid brown/green coloured patina. There are two small recent scrapes on the surface revealing a dark grey coloured metal, suggesting it is heavily leaded. The leg measures 35.34mm wide across the foot, and 39.14mm tall. It weighs 161g.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. Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries.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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