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Description: | A Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy vessel foot (c. 1200-c. 1700). The leg is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. A transverse break at the top of the leg is old. Patches of a black substance on the front and back are probably consolidated soot. 29.1 x 20.0 x 12.8mm. Weight: 34.24g.Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003: 15) state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries'. Although earlier copper alloy vessels, mostly in copper alloy sheet, are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal or hammered out (ibid; 7). While certain specialist cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze caldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.' (ibid: 22). English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830.
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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