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Description: | A Medieval or Post Medieval (12th to mid 19th century) cooking vessel leg: In plan the copper alloy leg is a sub-trapezoid on the outer face and base of the foot. The upper edge and a side edge are broken, but not recently. The outer face is decorated with a central vertical ridge. On the reverse there is a circular sectioned stud which may be a casting flaw rather than intentional, but this is not certain. The surface has a mottled mid green/brown patina with traces of a carbon build up. The leg measures 34.31mm tall, 45.07mm wide and 32.24mm thick. It weighs 76.2g.It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (1998) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. According to Butler, Green and Payne (2009), "From about AD 1100, cast copper alloy vessels...were commonly used for downhearth cooking, with the vessel sitting among the embers or suspended over the fire. All but the poorest medieval or post-medieval households would have had at least one metal cooking vessel....These vessels gradually passed out of use between 1700 and 1850, superseded by cast iron pots...".Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. 2009 'Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels' Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office
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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