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Description: | A Medieval to post-Medieval leg/foot from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel (c. 1250-1650).The object is sub-rectangular in plan and 'D'-shaped in cross-section. The front has a prominent horizontal rib which is situated close to a transverse break at the top. Below this rib the sides curve inwards and the outwards towards the base which is rounded and worn.This object is greyish green and has specks of a black substance which is probably consolidated soot. The break appears to be old.Height: 36.8mm; width: 19.1mm; thickness: 14.2mm. Weight: 36.17g.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. 4b.
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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