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Description: | Medieval to Post Medieval (c. 1100 until c. 1850) cooking vessel fragment: The fragment is sub semi-circular in plan, with a broken obliquely angled lower edge. The break is not recent. In the centre of there is an elongated drop-shaped hole in the centre. This hole is where the handle or chain would be suspended from and the upper edge is worn. Just below the perforation, on one face there is a horizontal ridge which is triangular in section. It appears to delineate the rim of the vessel rather than the suspension element. This face has heavy deposits of carbon build-up and has fine horizontal striations. The other face has a mid green/grey patina with only traces of a carbon build-up. There are small areas of corrosion on this face. It measures 33.99mm long, 25.3mm wide and 4.75mm thick. It weighs 12.5g.The fragment is from a type of cooking vessel, some of which were suspended by chains. Egan (1998) illustrates a suspended cooking vessel with similar suspension loops, Figure 146, and Figure 137. These types of objects tend to date to the Medieval and early Post Medieval periods, c. 1100 until c. 1850 when cast iron cooking vessels are used instead.Egan 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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