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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel of medieval date. The fragment is part of a probable cooking vessel. The rim is roughly crescent-shaped in section and rectangular in plan with no traces of the body of the vessel surviving. The breaks at either end of the rim fragment are very worn. The internal surface is decorated with incised parallel grooves while the external surface is undecorated.The metal is a dark greenish-black colour and is slightly worn. The fragment is 46.7mm long, 9.6mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 5.5g.While it is not possible to allocate this fragment to a specific type Geake, p.45 suggests a mid 13th to 16th century date for cooking vessels.
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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