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VESSEL
Unique ID: IOW-540C61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy cooking vessel leg/foot (c. 1250-c. 1650).
This object is sub-triangular in plan and cross-section. It is carinated at the front and largely flat at the rear. The top surface is the inner surface of the vessel. The base is pointed.
Height: 59.0mm; width: 51.9mm; thickness: 31.8mm. Weight: 183.94g.
This object is matt green with patches of a brown patina. The breaks are abraded.
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 Unpublished.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.
Class: leg/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: 59 mm
Width: 51.9 mm
Thickness: 31.8 mm
Weight: 183.94 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-4-82
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 | 52 |
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