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Description: | Cast copper alloy receptacle foot, probably from a cauldron, lozenge-shaped in plan, profile and section, with a large central mid-rib, flanked by worn and partly missing narrower ribs on either side. The upper section has broken away from the leg that would have supported the base of the vessel. The foot tapers to a triangular point as it has been worn on either side through use, but it would have originally been narrowed and pinched like the examples below. The back of the leg is flat and there are patches of burnt organic material on much of the back and the lower section of the foot at the front, particularly on either side of the central rib.Read (1988) illustrates similar examples on page 94 & 96, nos.584 & 592, which are dated from the Post-medieval period.Butler & Green (2003) illustrate similar pointed feet on cauldron legs from the Westcountry on pages 151-2, nos.156-7, which are dated from the 17th century.
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