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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel rim. The rim is sub-semi circular in section with the straight edge forming the exterior of the wall. The only original edge is the rim, the other edges of the fragment are all broken, but not recently. The external surface has striations and slight pitting, whereas the interior has a smoother shiny surface which is still slightly pitted. The fragment measures 54.4mm wide across the rim and 25.74mm long from the rim to the lower edge. It weighs 29.8g.The shape of the rim suggests this was probably a type of cooking vessel. It is uncertain what type of vessel this rim 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. These cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler, Green and Payne (Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. 2009 'Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels' Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41) comment that rim fragments which are found as individual fragments are likely to be from cauldrons or posnets. These vessels are in use from c. 1100 until c. 1850 when cast iron cooking vessels are used instead.
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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