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VESSEL
Unique ID: IOW-CEC7D6
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).
The object is trapezoidal in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section.
At the front it is bevelled at the sides. Two notches at the front give it a claw-like appearance. At the rear it is bevelled close to the base.
This object is coarse and green with some areas of corrosion and small patches of soot. The break at the top is old.
Height: 29.4mm; width: at base: 28.8mm; width at top: 21.0mm; thickness: 12.8mm. Weight: 29.97g.
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). Also, see Butler, Green and Payne 2009.
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 Unpublished.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:
Cooking vessel
Sub class: Foot
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
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: 29.4 mm
Width: 28.8 mm
Thickness: 12.8 mm
Weight: 29.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st July 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-4-143
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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