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Description: | Cast copper alloy pot leg and foot. The leg tapers in width and thickness evenly from the pot attachement end to the plain, slightly rounded foot (with an old break to one side). It is triangular in cross section with a flat back and angle running down the centre of the cenvex front, the sides are slightly flattened. The top is unusual in that it appears complete with the back stepping in then turning upwards at 100 degrees to create a tapering section that sticks up 17.6mm above the step at the front. There is a 2.6mm wide curved piece bridging the gap between the step and tapering piece at the centre, the upper part of which is lost to an old break. Some roughness on the upper, tapering section may indicate where it was attached to the vessel wall. It is 58.2mm long, 27.3mm wide, 16.3mm thick and weighs 68.67 grams.This leg appears to have been cast seperately rather than integrally with the body (e.g. SUSS-2D7B80 and SUSS-9FE558) although whether as a different manufacturing process or for a later repair is not clear.Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries'. Although earlier copper alloy vessels, mostly in copper alloy sheet, are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal (ibid; 7). While certain specialist cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze caldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.' (ibid: 22).
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