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Description: | A cast copper vessel leg. The leg is a drop shape in section and is angled at c. 45° to the foot. The foot is oval in the base, and sub-triabular in section. The upper terminal of the leg is broken, but the break is not recent. The surface of the leg is abradedand has patches of a heavy dark brown patina. It measures 33.77mm from the base of the foot to the break of the leg, 12.71mm wide across the foot, and weighs 29.2g. This is a ewer foot which dates from the 14th or 15th century. The vessel would have been used to hold water for hand-washing (Lewis 1987).
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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