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Description: | A cast copper-alloy medieval or post-medieval vessel leg or handle. It has been mis-cast, the front and one side appear complete. The back and one side is missing. The current back surface is flat and there are metal runs, probably signs of mis-casting where the metal does not seem to have completely filled the mould, leaving one side of the leg mis-shapen rather than broken. The leg is trapezoidal in plan, wider at the point where it would have attached to the body of the vessel and tapering to the terminal; a square end with rounded corners, one corner of which is missing to an old break. It was probably rectangular or trapezoidal in section with rounded corners although is less clear.It is 72.4mm in length and 43.0mm in width at the attachment and 28.3mm at the terminal; it weighs 123g. The thickest part of the leg is at the top 12.7mm narrowing to 5.6mm at the end.Butler, Green and Payne (2009, pg 4) do not record an example of a leg similar to this. The plain form is similar to a rare form of handle, seen on a complete cauldron from Somerset dating to the 14th century (Butler and Green 2003,170). However due to its incomplete nature an identification as a leg or handle of earlier or later date cannot be ruled out.
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