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Description: | A Medieval to post-Medieval leg/foot from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel (c. 1250-c. 1650).The object is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section.The front is divided by a prominent horizontal rib which is situated close to a transverse break at the top. Below this rib there is a central vertical rib flanked on either side by a less prominent rib. The rear face is flat and plain and the base of the foot is rounded and worn.This object is greyish green with patches of consolidated soot. The break is old.Height: 33.9mm; width: 23.4mm; thickness: 11.8mm. Weight: 30.14g.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: 6, fig. 4c).Geake, H. 2001. Finds Recording Guide. Unpublished.Butler, R., Green, C., and Payne, N. 2009. Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels. The Finds Research Group Datasheet 41. Finds Research Group.
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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