WAW-CCA586: Medieval or Post Medieval cooking vessel rim fragment.

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Unique ID: WAW-CCA586

Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel rim. The rim is sub-'D' shape in section with the straight edge forming the extterior of the wall. The rim is also falred outwards slightly. The only original edge is the rim, the other edges of the fragment are all broken, but not recently. The external surface has a vertical casting seam still visible. The fragment measures 31.63mm wide across the rim and 18.76mm long from the rim to the lower edge. It weighs 10g.

The shape of the rim suggests this was probably a type of cooking vessel. It is uncertain what type of vessel this rim 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, Green and Payne (Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. 2009 'Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels' Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41) comment that rim fragments which are found as individual fragments are likely to be from cauldrons or posnets. These vessels are in use from c. 1100 until c. 1850 when cast iron cooking vessels are used instead.

Class: Cooking

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1850

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.63 mm
Width: 18.76 mm
Weight: 10 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 30th March 2009

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finders Ref: DB RH 18

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Kineton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP3352
Four figure Latitude: 52.165288
Four figure longitude: -1.518955
1:25K map: SP3352
1:10K map: SP35SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WAW
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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