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Unique ID: WAW-4CD2C8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper alloy cooking vessel foot. The foot is a slender undecorated form. In plan it is a semi-circle with the upper edge being broken. This edge was not broken recently. In section the leg is sub-oval at the foot and triangular at the leg. The surface is abraded and has a mottled matte mid green/grey coloured patina. The leg measures 20.81mm tall, 19.25mm wide across the foot and 12.99mm thick. It weighs 17.3g.
It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. These cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler and Green (2003 English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 Acanthus Press) illustrate vessels which date to the mid 18th century.
Class: Leg/Foot
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.81 mm
Width: 19.25 mm
Thickness: 12.99 mm
Weight: 17.3 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st February 2010 - Monday 26th April 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SP1164
Four figure Latitude: 52.274044
Four figure longitude: -1.840207
1:25K map: SP1164
1:10K map: SP16SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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