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Description: | A Medieval/Post Medieval cast copper alloy leg detached from a cooking vessel, probably a cauldron (c. 1200-1800 AD). The solid leg measures 89.56mm long and includes the remnants of the flange where it would have joined the body of the vessel. The join end is curved and oriented diagonally to the leg, followed by the leg itself with triangular cross section, which tapers towards a protruding semi-circular collar on the front surface and a rectangular-sectioned foot (max. thickness 20mm; min. thickness 16mm). The back surface of the vessel leg is flat, whereas the apex of the triangular leg runs centrally down the front surface, followed by the semi-circular collar, and smaller flat foot measuring 18mm long. The leg weighs 167g and is grey in colour, possibly indicating a higher tin content to the metal.There are parallel examples on the PAS database (cf. WILT-505606), as well as in Egan (1998, 165, No. 133). Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1800 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'. While particular cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later, 'bronze cauldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.'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; cf. WILT-505606).
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