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Description: | Rim fragment from a late Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper alloy vessel. The fragment has an expanded flat rim 9.5mm wide and 3.9mm thick with a rounded outer edge. The rim was widely splayed at about 30 degrees frpm the horizontal. There are traces of sooting on the outside and the inner side is more finely finished than the outside. It is 27.3mm long, 22.3mm wide and 4.4mm thick; it weighs 12.16 grams and is too small to estimate the original diameter. 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cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze cauldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.'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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