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Description: | A cast copper alloy cooking vessel leg/foot. The leg is a sub-rectangle in plan and in profile it is a sub 'L' shape. The upper edge is broken at an oblique angle. This break is not recent as the patina covers it. The base of the foot is sub-trapezoidal with the narrowest edge forming the reverse edge. The leg and foot is decorated with a prominent, integral vertical ridge which is sub semi-circular in section. The surface has traces of a heavy grey/green patina and both the front and reverse faces has traces of a black deposit which is probably a sooty/carbon deposit. The leg measures 50.82mm wide across the foot, and 47.14mm tall. It weighs 124.1g. 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 Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries.
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