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Description: | Copper alloyToy. Cast model of a cauldron with an everted rim, paired opposed triangular handles, a flat base and three legs (two lost) of triangular section with a ridge along the outer side and a flat-bottomed out-turned foot. Forsyth and Egan Type 1. A casting flaw has perhaps contributed to a perforation in the wall near the base. This belongs to a class of toy cooking utensils which were designed to be used, though the flaw may have prevented it in this particular case. The long legs, of a form more appropriate to a ewer, were intended to allow the vessel to stand in cinders. Examples reported from London and elsewhere are dated to between the 15th and 16th centuries with an earlier date admitted for some other examples (Forsyth. H. and Egan, G. 2005, Toys, Trifles and Trinkets Base-Metal Miniatures from London, Unicorn Press, London, ISBN: 0 906 290 74 0, nos 2.5-2.11, pages 111-115). Suggested date: Late Medieval to Post-Medieval, 1400-1600.Diameter: 25.7mm, Height: 40.4mm, Thickness (wall at rim): 2.2mm, Weight: 29.91gms.
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