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Description: | Medieval to Post Medieval (c. 12th to mid 19th century) cooking vessel rim fragment which is broken but not too recently: The rim, in profile, is a very slender 'D' shape, with the convex element forming the interior wall, The fragment then tapers slightly to a blunt, broken lower edge. The only original edge of the fragment is the rim. The interior surface is slightly encrusted and has traces of a cream coloured substance adhering to the surface, perhaps lime scale. The exterior surface is also encrusted and has a large patch of a slightly rough surface. The surface is a mottled mid green colour. The fragment measures 47.02mm wide across the rim and 41.67mm long from the rim to the lower edge. It weighs 35.12g. The diameter of the rim was probably originally c. 170mm.The shape of the rim fragment suggests this was probably a type of cooking vessel. It is uncertain what type of vessel, but Egan (1998) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. Butler, Green and Payne (2009) comment that rim fragments which are found as individual fragments are likely to be from cauldrons or posnets. These vessels are in use from c. 1100 until c. 1850 when cast iron cooking vessels are used instead.Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. 2009 'Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels' Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41Egan 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: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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