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Description: | Cast copper alloy leg from a small cauldron or large skillet, sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The attachment to the vessel body still remains, and the leg then tapers evenly to the foot which is worn to a rounded end. Three wide ridges remain on the outer face of the leg, varying in width, which terminate at the transverse collar which divides the leg from the foot. The foot would have originally also been ridged, but it is now so worn it has lost its claw-like terminal. The centre of the outer face of the foot still projects outwards, however, representing the arch of the claw. The back of the leg is flat and scratched. The surface of the leg has mostly corroded away and there appears to be burnt residue in patches on the exterior, from when the cauldron was in use.Butler and Green (2003) illustrate similar legs on a skillet and smaller 2.5 gallon cauldron from the Sturton Foundry in Somerset, on pages 101-102, Nos.82 & 84, which are dated to 1630 and 1657 on the vessels.
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