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Description: | A Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper-alloy pot leg and foot, probably dating from c. 13th-mid-17th century AD. The leg is D-shaped in section with a flat reverse surface and an outer surface moulded into five parallel ribs running down its length. There is a raised transverse collar separating the leg from the foot at the front. The foot is also D-shaped with three raised 'toes' on the front; it widens and projects forward from the collar to the base. The underside of the foot is flat. It is 60.87mm tall, 24.94mm wide and 19.53mm thick; it weighs 104.9 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 cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze caldron's in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.'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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