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VESSEL
Unique ID: HESH-7082B7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy leg or foot from a copper alloy vessel probably a cauldron of later medieval date (1300 - 1600). It is broadly sub-rectangular in plan expanding slightly from the top to the base. In cross section the foot is also a regular rectangular shape. At the base it swells to form a small projecting foot. The upper edge of the foot is broken with an uneven surface, which contains a series of small pock marks, probably caused by gas bubbles in the mould. The shattered nature of the upper part of the foot is unusually but other examples are known. The base of the foot is flat. The foot is a mid green colour with an uneven patina. This patina has been abraded in several places, probably through movement in the soil. This movement has also damaged the edges of the leg producing an asymmetrical shape. In the areas where abrasion has occurred a light green active powdery corrosion is present. Similar examples of feet from copper alloy vessels have been dated to the later medieval period (1300 - 1600).
The leg measures 70.8mm in length, has a maximum width of 23.7mm, a maximum thickness of 22.9mm and it weighs 125.51 grams.
Class: Foot
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.8 mm
Width: 23.7 mm
Thickness: 22.9 mm
Weight: 125.51 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
District: Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Lilleshall and Donnington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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