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Description: | A cast copper alloy cooking vessel leg and foot. In plan it is a sub-rectangle with a flared and rounded foot. In profile the reverse of the leg is almost straight except the foot is obliquely angled outwards. In section the leg is an elongated semi-circle, but is only 10.92mm thick. The foot is bulbous and asymmetrical on the front face. The upper edge of the leg is broken, this is not a recent break. The front face has a heavy black deposit which is probably a sooty/carbon deposit. Otherwise the surface has a mottled mid green abraded surface. The leg measures 30.1mm tall, 41.58mm wide across the foot and 31.9mm thick. It weighs 129.4g. 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. The carbon deposit may suggests the vessel was a skillet or cauldron. Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries.
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