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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel. The rim of a high necked vessel with a collared rim. Elongated S-shaped verrtical edge. The body is approximately 50mm in diameter. the rim is approximately 20mm in diameter. According to Butler, Green and Payne in Finds Research Group Datasheet 41, "From about Ad 1100, cast copper alloy vessels...were commonly used for downhearth cooking, with the vessel sitting among the embers or suspended over the fire. All but the poorest medieval or post-medieval households would have had at least one metal cooking vessel....These vessels gradually passed out of use between 1700 and 1850, supersede by cast iron pots..."
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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