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CAULDRON
Unique ID: CORN-4F9885
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy cauldron foot, trapezium-shaped in plan, triangular in profile and rectangular in section, broken at the point where it would have attached to a leg to support one side of a cauldron. The upper surface of the foot is smooth and has never had ribs or claws, but does have casting flaws as it tapers towards the missing leg. The base of the foot is slightly hollowed and damaged at one edge where the foot might have melted in the fire to create a molten bubble, now hollow. The end of the foot has been filed and polished to create a chamfered edge. The angle of the foot to the leg suggests that it might have been from the back leg which supported more weight. See CORN-E75F85 and CORN-0C2D27 for similar examples.
Read (1988) illustrates a similar example on page 96, No.600, which is dated from the 13th to the 17th century.
Butler and Green (2003) illustrate a cauldron with everted feet on page 166, Fig.1, which is dated from the 15th to the 16th century.
Egan (1998) illustrates a similar example with a solid plano-convex foot at right angles to the leg on page 164, Fig.132, No.457, which is dated to c.1350-1400.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64 mm
Width: 43 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 111.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 8th July 2010 - Thursday 8th July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Tywardreath and Par (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX0954
Four figure Latitude: 50.35485
Four figure longitude: -4.686371
1:25K map: SX0954
1:10K map: SX04SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, R. and Green, C. | 2003 | English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 | Honiton, Devon | Roderick & Valentine Butler | 166, Fig.1 | ||
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | 164, Fig.132, | No.457 | |
| Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 96, | No.600 |
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