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Description: | A rim fragment of a medieval to post-medieval cast copper-alloy vessel, now of irregular quadrilateral form. The fragment appears to be the rim of a serving vessel, now with shallow curvature. The rim is thickened externally, with an external groove at the base of the thickened area. Below there is an external ridge or cord; this is echoed by a double incised line internally. The breaks are old but fairly straight, perhaps suggesting a relatively brittle alloy used. The object has a grey-green patina.Crudely made cast copper-alloy vessels were widely used from c.AD 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 are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal or hammered out (ibid., 7).
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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