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Description: | 13th-17th century. Copper alloy, cast, broken rim fragment of a cooking receptacle - cauldron or skillet. Truncated length 39.8mm, Truncated width 32mm, Thickness 5.8mm, Weight 19.3g. Rectangular fragment with the curved everted rim on one of the short sides. On the outside there is a vertical moulded re-enforcement ridge or rib with probable crude hand file, finishing marks still visible. There are also remnants of black lacquer on the outside surface and a dark green patina on the inside. Ref. History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing, Ipswich 1995, page 94-96, Detector Finds 3, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1997, page 36-37 No. 7, Norwich Households, Medieval-Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978, Sue Margeson, East Anglian Archaeology 1993, page 90-93 fig. 562 and The Medieval Household, Finds from Excavations in London, Geoff Egan, The Stationery Office 1998, page 161-169, No. 442-448.
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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