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Description: | The leg is from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. In plan it is an elongated rectangle, with a broken upper edge. The upper two thirds of the leg has a rectangular hollow which appears to have been originally a hollow leg, therefore forming a 'u' shaped section. The lower third of the leg is solid and has a vertical rib on the exterior face. In profile the leg is straight. The surface has traces of a mottled mid blue/green coloured patina otherwise it is corroded and abraded. The leg measures 89.38mm tall, 35.4mm wide across the foot and 12.78mm thick. It weighs 103.5g.It is uncertain what type of vessel this fragment 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. Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler and Green (2003 English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 Acanthus Press) comment cooking vessels can date up to the mid 18th century.
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