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Description: | A cast copper alloy vessel leg of Medieval date. The leg is complete and at the top preserved a small triangular section of the vessel wall, which measures approximately 2.83mm in thickness. The leg is triangular in section with a flat back and moulded front face. The foot is flat and set at a slight angle from the plane of the leg. Running down the entire length of the front face is a prominent moulded rib that tapers slightly towards the foot, where it is transected by a transverse rib that delineates the junction between leg and foot. Beneath the rib the central ridge continues to the base of the foot, expanding slightly both horizontally and vertically towards the base to create a foot or claw/paw shaped foot. The exterior surfaces of the entire object have traces of blackening that are probably the result of the vessel's usage in cooking over an open fire. It measures 88.72mm in length, 28.24mm in width, 20.49mm in thickness, and weighs 179.65g. This is a leg from a Medieval cooking vessel, probably a ewer, cauldron or similar shaped vessel. It would probably originally have been one of three legs forming a tripod to support the vessel over a fire. Similar examples with prominent moulded ribs are noted in Medieval London and suggest a date for the current example in the 14th-15th centuries AD if not a little later (see for example Egan, 1988: nos. 459, 462).
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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