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Description: | A fragment of a Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy vessel consisting of a cast copper alloy vessel foot from a small vessel, probably an ewer or cauldron, c. 1200-1700 AD. The foot is semi-circular in cross-section with two wide incised grooves on the outer face of the foot, suggesting a paw or claws, and a further semi-circular raised collar at the top of the foot near its break, which seems to have further decoration, now unclear. The reverse is undecorated and flat. The break of the vessel foot is directly above the collar mentioned above and this fragment would have continued into a leg, which would in turn have supported the vessel body itself. The fragment tapers upwards from a wider foot base measuring 17.47 mm wide to the broken edge measuring 11.56 mm wide. Its overall length is 28.49 mm and the fragment weighs 32.5 grams. 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 suggest that cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later, 'bronze caldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.'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).
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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