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Description: | A body fragment of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. The body fragment is a sub-lozenge in plan, with all the edges being broken. The breaks are not too recent. The fragment is slightly curved in profile. The interior surface is smooth, with small voids. The exterior surface has a pair of horizontal ridges which is probably decoration and there is a vertical ridge which is probably a casting seam. It is not visible on the interior on the vessel. The fragment measures 67.9mm wide, 60.07mm tall and 4.36mm thick. It weighs 57.5g. It is uncertain what type of vessel this fragment 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 Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler and Green (2003 English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 Acanthus Press) comment cooking vessels can date up to the mid 18th century.
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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