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Unique ID: SOM-214B23
Object type certainty: Certain
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Post Medieval cast copper alloy pot foot and part of the leg. The leg is D shaped in section with a flat back; it is broken off just above a transverse collar with an old break. The prominent collar is rounded in section. The foot is also D shaped in section. The base of the foot is rounded. It is 44.0mm long, 23.4mm wide and 15.9mm thick; it weighs 53.0 grams.
Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler et al (2009:4) suggest there were four main types of leg used. This is a type B which they suggest was already in use by the late 15th century
Class:
Cooking
Sub class: foot and leg
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 23.4 mm
Thickness: 15.9 mm
Weight: 53 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th June 2012
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Other reference: SCC reciept 22149
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 |