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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 a sub-rectangle, with a rounded lower edge and broken upper edge. The break is not recent. In profile the reverse of the leg is straight and in section it is sub-triangular. The lower portion of the front face is rounded and undecorated. There is a transverse collar above the foot, with a wide, shallow vertical ridge in the centre of the upper portion. The surface is abraded and has a mottled mid green coloured patina. There are traces of a black carbon deposit. The leg measures 52.92mm tall, 20.14mm wide across the foot and 11.65mm thick. It weighs 56.4g.It is uncertain what type of vessel this fragment comes from, but Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Unpublished) suggests such vessels were used from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler and Green (2003 English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 Acanthus Press) comment cooking vessels can date up to the mid 18th 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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