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Description: | A cery worn leg fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel of Medieval to post-Medieval date (c. 1250-c. 1650). The object has a flat top and sides and has a centrally situated rib on one side. There is an old break at each end It is coated with copper alloy corrosion deposits and on the underside there are deposits of a black substance which may be consolidated soot. 54.4 x 42.5 x 19.1mm. Weight: 132.14g. Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1600 (Geake 2001, 52).
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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