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Record ID: NMS-CE8968
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy domestic vessel leg, probably from a cauldron, posnet, or skillet. Solid and moulded into a lingulate shape (52mm extant length by 25.2mm wide by 18.5mm thick) with an oval cross-section. Broken at both ends, one face has a slightly extended moulded flange, with a central crest, whilst the reverse is plain. The fragment is heavy for its size commensurate with an antimony leaded-bronze alloy that is commonly used for casting cooking vessels - see Dungworth, D. and Nichola, M Caldarium? An antimony bronze used for medieval and post-m…
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-82CB25
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel rim fragment. The body is 2mm thick increasing to 3mm at the very slightly everted rim. The curvature of the rim suggests an original vessel diameter in the region of 180mm. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.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. Although earlier copper alloy vessels are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal or hammered out (ibid; 7). …
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
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Record ID: NMS-211F72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount, cast as a U-shaped blunt hook. The tapering circular cross-section hook springs at right angles from a wider flat topped 5mm thick head. The sub-triangular-shaped head (in plan) has a double lip to the sides, as if it originally attached or expanded into the body of a thin-walled vessel, such as a dish, bowl or similar. A similar shaped hook can be seen at SWYOR-F7C241 albeit the method of attachment appears to differ. Probably date is medieval, circa AD1000-1500.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Sunday 20th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-E146B2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily sooted and corroded Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy pot leg and foot. Lingulate shape with the thickened foot end kicking forward slightly. Central arris slightly concave to either side. Old break to the end originally attached to the vessel. Very heavy for its size the alloy is probably leaded. Medieval pot legs similar to this type have been catalogued by Egan (1998, pp. 164-166). The most closely comparable with this example is no. 457 which has been dated to Ceramic Phase 11, AD 1350-1400. According to Geake (2001, PAS Staff Finds Recording Guide), cooking vess…
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-587F4E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval cooking vessel rim sherd, probably from a cauldron or skillet. Sub-rectangular in shape with a pitted and brown-coloured corroded surface. The outside surface of the fragment is covered with concentric score marks presumably as vestiges of the manufacturing process. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used for cooking over open fires from c.AD 1200-1800 (Butler, Green and Payne 2009:1). Circa AD1250-1750.
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-48D086
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast lead alloy pot mend. Two thin sub-oval conjoined discs, one smaller diameter than the other, sandwich a thin sherd of very fine sandy light grey ceramic. Circa 12th-15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-77D871
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval cooking vessel rim sherd, probably from a cauldron or skillet. Sub-triangular in shape with a rough and green-coloured corroded surface. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used for cooking over open fires from c.AD 1200-1800 (Butler, Green and Payne 2009:1).
Created on: Sunday 19th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 21st September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8A3228
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pot mend. Two sub oval discs one very slightly concave on its outside surface, the other fairly flat, encapsulate a sherd of ceramic pot within. The ceramic fragment is Medieval with a reduced, fine, dark grey body. Circa 12th-14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-BD57E8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude Medieval lead alloy pot mend. Two sub oval offset discs one very slightly concave on its outside surface, the other with a raised boss; both encapsulate a sherd of ceramic pot within. The ceramic fragment is Medieval with a dark grey reduced colour to the body, and a shell temper. There are also strands of a light brown sturdy fibre of consistent thickness penetrating between the lead mend and the ceramic. There is no sign of weave to this and it may simply be intrusive roots; however, the find has been cleaned and out of the ground for many months without the strands decaying, …
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: NMS-200EC4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crushed lead alloy hollow circular vessel with 28mm diameter flat base and raised 29mm high sides; the wall thickness is approximately 1.5mm. The vessel has been crushed inwardly from both sides, the rim is damaged and has split vertically along a soldering or casting seam. The seam is mirrored unbroken on the diametrically opposite side of the vessel. There is no decoration or marks that are indicative of purpose or date. Small lead/lead-alloy vessels were commonly used for a variety of functions in antiquity, including such things as bird feeders, powder measures, holy water contai…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Friday 11th June 2021
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Record ID: NMS-BE62D7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd fragment of a large copper alloy cast cooking vessel. The rim itself is thickened in a D-shaped section (curve innermost) on the inside lip. Sufficient arc length of the rim survives to approximate the original vessel diameter to around 340mm. Green colouration with traces of a black patina remaining on both surfaces. Cast copper alloy cooking vessels of this type were in use from the earlier part of the Medieval period through into the early 18th century when cast Iron became favoured. As such fragments without context are difficult to date precisely. Circa AD1400-1650.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-ACBA65
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small fragments of large copper alloy cast cooking vessel. One thicker slightly everted rim sherd (5.9mm thick at rim 4.2mm elsewhere) and one thinner body sherd (3.3mm). There is nothing to suggest they came from the same vessel, albeit they both have the same colouration and substantial sooting on both the inside and outside surfaces. The rim sherd is broken across a slight crescentic swelling in thickness at its lower extremity, perhaps suggesting the fixing of a handle at this point. There are no distinguishing features on either sherd. Cast copper alloy cooking vessels of thi…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-6966F3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy equilateral triangular plate, possibly an attachment mount or flange from a vessel handle. The object has a flat back and carries no decoration on either side. There is a circular hole positioned centrally with another, medially aligned, close to the apex. The side away from the apex has a fractured surface in the centre only extending for 23.5mm of the 43mm long side; suggesting the width constricted abruptly at this point - as might be the case for a carrying handle or lug. The plate is 3.6mm thick and is grey in colour …
Created on: Thursday 19th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E6A4F2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Solid copper alloy (probably leaded bronze) Medieval to Post Medieval vessel handle probably from a ewer or cooking pot. The handle has an oval cross-section and bends halfway in a sharp curve through just over 90 degrees. It expands at either end and tapers smoothly outwards to a transversely aligned oval flange. On the reverse of both flanges are the stub remains of large rivets which would have attached the handle bridging the everted rim of the vessel. One rivet has a regular axially aligned slot across its end. The knee of the outer curve in the handle is stamped with two square …
Created on: Friday 13th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E3D0E0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, probably Roman zoomorphic terminal. The object is cast and fashioned in the shape of the curving neck and head of a long-necked bird, with extended beak. The form is probably that of a waterfowl, such as a swan, or goose with low-relief moulded detailing on one side only, the reverse being flat. The side of the beak has carefully moulded 'teeth' which probably represent the serrations evident along the bills of many larger waterfowl. The eye-shape is lenticular, defined by a moulding with a white-metal coated eye at its centre. There is further detailing where the beak j…
Created on: Thursday 20th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-2395AB
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Medieval to early Post Medieval foot from a domestic vessel such as a small cauldron, skillet or ewer. A small part of the triangular-section leg survives with an old transverse brittle fracture uppermost. The leg extends into a larger three-toed moulded foot. The object is a mottled green to dark brown colour with considerable darker sooty patina extant. Circa AD 1200 to 1700 but more typically AD1300-1600.
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 12th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-03E533
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy repair patch or folded 'paperclip' type rivet from a Medieval to Post-Medieval vessel. Fashioned from a lozenge shaped copper alloy sheet it is double reverse folded from each side and would have been used to repair small splits in copper alloy vessels. One reverse folded terminal triangle is missing from an old break. The patch has an even dark green patina. Egan gives a broad date range for this type of pot mend, dating from the Early Medieval to Post Medieval periods ( Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition, page 101) but also suggests a central usage perio…
Created on: Monday 4th May 2020
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: NMS-BCDA5D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy (leaded-bronze) Medieval to Post Medieval large cooking vessel fragment. The fragment is comprised of a section of the everted rim with the remnant of the integrally cast D-sectioned tapering handle projecting perpendicularly. There are brittle breaks at all of the ends, and almost all originally exposed surfaces have traces of soot. The rim is estimated at an outside diameter of 150mm and initially slopes inward towards the internal body of the vessel; however, sufficient material survives at the base of the vessel fragment to indicate that the main body…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 18th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-35A889
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy late Medieval zoomorphic vessel spout in the form of a hollow dogs head; probably from a laver or ewer. The curved horn-shaped interface with the original curved body of the vessel has significant remains of solder on its internal surface. The spout turns through approximately 90 degrees and terminates in a geometrically moulded dogs-head. The mouth is open wide and a short tapering pentagonal tube protrudes. Mid to dark green patina. There are many other recorded examples of similar spouts on the PAS database cf. BUC-C3BEE8, and LIN-51CA17. Circa AD1400-1500.
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2019
Last updated: Friday 2nd August 2019
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Record ID: NMS-CABD7D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of late Saxon Thetford ware pot with thumbed applied strip. Mottled grey slightly sandy surface with coarse laminated structure in cross-section. Weight 38g. Mid 9th to 11th Century.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2019
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