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Description: | Rim fragment from a late Medieval or Post medieval cast copper alloy vessel. The fragment has a slight triangular expansion on the outer edge of the rim. It is slightly rough on both sides with parallel tansverse grooves on the outer side and slight traces of sooting. It is 44.7mm long, 25.4mm wide and 4.5mm thick, too small to estimate the original diameter; it weighs 17.73 grams.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 are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal or hammered out (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cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze caldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.'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).
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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