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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval to post-Medieval vessel leg/foot (c. 1250-c. 1650).It is largely sub-oval in cross-section throughout its length. However, it is carinated at the front. The lower part of the leg expands to form a hoof-like foot which is sub-oval when viewing the bottom. The break at the top is old. This leg has a mid-green patina with small areas of corrosion and patches of consolidated soot.Height: 35.6mm; width: 22.9mm; thickness: 14.4mm. Weight: 37.21g.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).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 Unpublished.Butler, R., Green, C., and Payne, N. 2009.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: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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