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Description: | ~~An incomplete, cast copper-alloy, vessel foot probably from a tripod ewer of post medieval date.The pot leg looks similar to a human leg and foot, is broadly pentagonal in section, smooth, with a flat reverse, angled base with transverse ridge in the angle, with well finished surface. The top has a concave and sloping surface, suggesting it supported a curved based vessel. The bottom of the foot is flat and smooth and has a collar where the leg section joins the foot.Height: 62.34mm, width: 12.14mm, depth 22.69mm. Weight: 82gramsThe vessels to which these were attached were usually of a tripod form and were widely used from circa AD 1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003) 15, state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries'. While certain specialist cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use for longer, 'bronze cauldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century by cast iron which were cheaper to make and more durable' (ibid; 22).
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