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Description: | The foot is from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. The foot is a 'hoof' type. In plan it is an elongated rectangle, with a broken upper edge which is a sub 'j' shape in plan. In profile the reverse of the leg is straight with a bulbous 'hoof' protruding on the outer face. The lower portion of the leg is sub semi-circular in section and is decorated with vertical grooves defining a 'hoof'. Above this section is a transverse collar. The section of the leg above the collar is then a narrowed semi-circular section. The surface has a mottled mid blue/green coloured patina and there are slight traces of a black deposit which is probably a sooty/carbon deposit. The leg measures 57.94mm tall, 24.19mm wide across the foot and 23.29mm thick. It weighs 85.2g. The leg is probably from cooking vessel, and the trace of a black deposit possibly suggests it was originally stood or suspended over a fire. These cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler and Green (2003 English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 Acanthus Press) illustrate vessels with a similar leg, No. 158 dates to the 17th 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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