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Description: | A Medieval to post-Medieval foot from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel (c. AD 1250-c.1650).The object is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section. The front is divided by a prominent horizontal rib which is situated close to a transverse break at the top. Below this rib there are three vertical ribs. However, the left rib (as viewed from the front) is barely visible. The base of the foot is flat and smooth. The rear face is flat and even.This object has is largely covered with green copper-alloy corrosion products and has patches of a black substance which is probably consolidated soot. Height: 38.20mm; width: 23.79mm, thickness: 13.72mm. Weight: 49.90g.Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1600 (Geake 2001, 52).Butler, Green and Payne 2009, Finds Recording Guide - Datasheet 41, p. 4, fig. 4c.
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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