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VESSEL
Unique ID: IOW-A98C05
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to post-Medieval foot and part of the leg from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel (c.1250-c.1650).
The object is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section.
The front is divided by a prominent horizontal rib which is situated just past mid-way along its length from the top. Above and below this rib there is a central vertical rib and the lower rib is slightly larger in width and thickness. The base of the foot is flat and does not appear to be worn. At the top there is an old transverse break. The rear face is flat and even.
This object has no patina and is largely covered with green copper-alloy corrosion products. At the front, close to the top, there are two small patches of black substance which is probably consolidated soot.
53.9 x 24.4 x 12.9mm. Weight: 62.63g.
Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1600 (Geake 2001, 52).
Butler, Green and Payne 2009, Finds Recording Guide - Datasheet 41, p. 4, fig. 4c.
Class:
Cooking vessel
Sub class: Leg/foot
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.9 mm
Width: 24.4 mm
Thickness: 12.9 mm
Weight: 62.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2011-1-371
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 | 41, p. 4, fig. 4c | ||
| Geake, H. | 2001 | Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 | 52 |
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