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VESSEL
Unique ID: SWYOR-111C84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy pot leg fragment, probably from a cooking vessel, dating from the medieval or post medieval period, about AD 1200-1900. The leg is convex on one face; the other face has a central strengthening rib running lengthways with a concave groove running either side giving a fluted effect. The width of the leg tapers to a rounded point and is reasonably square at the top. This top edge is probably a break. The fragment has a brown/green coloured patina with traces of what looks like carbon deposits. Dimensions length: 39.95mm, width: 35.70mm, thickness: 7.55mm, weight: 22.65g.
Various Medieval pot legs are illustrated in Egan, G. 1998. The Medieval Household. Daily Living c.1150-c.1450, page.164, figure. 132. Egan comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. Finds Research Datasheet 41, by Butler, Green and Payne (2009) illustrate vessel leg that has a shallow D shaped cross section, and tapers to a blunt point instead of having a foot. This is described as coming into universal use in association with sand-casting and is characteristic of 18th and 19th century skillets. This example could be of this type.
Notes:
This find has not been examined by the FLO.
Class:
cooking vessel
Sub class: leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.95 mm
Width: 35.7 mm
Thickness: 7.55 mm
Weight: 22.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 28th May 2021 - Friday 28th May 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders Ref No 0262
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Nesfield with Langbar (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE0949
Four figure Latitude: 53.93704131
Four figure longitude: -1.86439708
1:25K map: SE0949
1:10K map: SE04NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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