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VESSEL
Unique ID: IOW-826F06
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to post-Medieval foot from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel (c. 1250-c. 1650 AD).
The object is trapezoidal in plan and pelta-shaped in cross-section throughout its length. It has a slightly convex rear face. At the front there is a central vertical rib and the base is flat. The top is in the form of an old abraded break.
This foot is corroded and is partially covered with a black substance, probably consolidated soot.
Height: 58.03mm; width: 55.44mm; thickness: 27.75mm. Weight: 206.69g.
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). Butler, Green and Payne 2009, Finds Recording Guide - Datasheet 41.
Class:
Cooking vessel
Sub class: Foot
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 58.03 mm
Width: 55.44 mm
Thickness: 27.75 mm
Weight: 206.69 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 25th January 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-4-70
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 | |||
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 | 52 |
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