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Description: | A fragment of cast copper alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval (c.1200-1800) handle-lug and conjoined body sherd from a cooking vessel, probably a cauldron. It measures 40.20mm in length and weighs 37.9g. The handle lug consists of roughly half and measures 11-13mm in diameter and c.34mm in length. It would have originally been V-shaped. The surviving piece of body measures 35.78x18.59x4.53mm and has a rim with an angled inside edge.The lug handle would have been one of two on the complete vessel, which would have had a globular body and an everted rim. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1800 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'. 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cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze cauldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.'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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