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VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-7581E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel of medieval to post-medieval date. The fragment is one leg of a probable cooking vessel, possibly a ewer or skillet. The leg is circular in section and tapers slightly towards the middle from a wide top and wider base. The leg fragment is undecorated but has a ring and dot design on the base of the foot, possibly to enhance grip.
The metal is a dark blackish-brown colour and is slightly worn and pitted. The fragment is 43.2mm long, 12.9mm in diameter at the widest point, 9.3mm at the narrowest point and weighs 31.8g.
While it is not possible to allocate this fragment to a specific type Geake, p.45 suggests a mid 13th to 16th century date for such copper alloy cooking vessels.
Class: Leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.2 mm
Width: 12.9 mm
Weight: 31.9 g
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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: Richmondshire (District)
To be known as: Catterick Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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