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Description: | A Medieval or Post Medieval (12th to mid-19th centuries) fragment of a cooking vessel leg. In plan the fragment is a sub-rectangular and consists of the upper part of the leg that would have attached to the vessel. There is an irregular shaped raised moulding on the upper face that would have formed part of the attachment on to the vessel. The outer edge of the upper face is curved and rises to a flat edge that would have supported the vessel. There is a broken edge which would have formed the upper part of the leg. This break is not recent. The fragment is rectangular in section with rounded edges. The underside of the fragment is flat. The surface has a mottled mid green to brown patina. All faces have uneven surfaces.It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (1998) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. According to Butler, Green and Payne (2009), "From about (AD 1100), cast copper alloy vessels...were commonly used for downhearth cooking, with the vessel sitting among the embers or suspended over the fire. All but the poorest medieval or post-medieval households would have had at least one metal cooking vessel....These vessels gradually passed out of use between 1700 and 1850, superseded by cast iron pots...".The leg measures 19.08mm tall, 45.12mm wide, 28.47 mm thick and weighs 82.75g. Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. 2009 'Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels' Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41.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: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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