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Description: | The foot is from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. The foot is a 'hoof' type. In plan it is an sub-trapezoid, with a narrowed point towards the broken upper edge. The break is not recent. In profile the reverse of the leg is straight and slightly concave. The lower portion of the front face is convex, with the upper portion being vertical. The lower portion of the leg is sub semi-circular in section and is decorated with vertical grooves. Above this section is a transverse collar. The surface is abraded and has a mottled mid green coloured patina. There are traces of a black carbon deposit. The leg measures 54.11mm tall, 40.11mm wide across the foot and 23.19mm thick. It weighs 162g.These cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler and Green (2003 English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 Acanthus Press) illustrate vessels with a similar leg, No. 158 dates to the 17th century.
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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