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Description: | A cast copper alloy cooking vessel leg/foot. The leg is a sub-trapezoid in plan and in profile it is a triangular. The upper edge is broken but it is not recent as the patina covers the break. The base of the foot is sub-trapezoidal with the narrowest edge forming the reverse edge. The leg and foot is decorated on the outer face with a prominent, integral vertical ridge which is sub semi-circular in section. The surface of the leg has a mottled green coloured patina. It also has patches of a heavy black deposit which is probably a sooty/carbon deposit. The leg measures 54.58mm wide across the foot, and 43.02mm tall. It weighs 148.4g.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. Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries.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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