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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-653657
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Rim fragment from a late Medieval or Post Medieval cast copper alloy vessel. The rim flared out from the vessel wall, none of which survives. The outer side is rough with many lines from the wiped surface of the mould while the inner surface is smoothed. There is a slight thickening at the rim on the inner side with an internal bevel at the top edge. It is 42.9mm in width and 59.4mm in height, 4.6mm thick and weighs 47.75 grams.
Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries'. Although earlier copper alloy vessels are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal or hammered out (ibid; 7). While certain specialist cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze cauldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.' (ibid: 22).
Notes:
This record was created at a rally and may therefore fall below our usual standards of identification or photography.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.4 mm
Width: 42.9 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 47.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Spaxton 2011 - Stogursey, WHRADA, 25-09-2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally Reference 637
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Stogursey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST2142
Four figure Latitude: 51.171762
Four figure longitude: -3.131384
1:25K map: ST2142
1:10K map: ST24SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 15 |
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