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VESSEL
Unique ID: HAMP-738C87
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of cast copper alloy Medieval/ Post-Medieval (1200-1800) vessel leg, apparently consisting of part of a casing. It stands 45.28mm in incomplete height and measures max.36.20mm at the wider end and 19.11mm deep. It weighs 39.09g.
The fragment consists of two sides of leg joining at just less than a right angle. The wider end is apparently complete, with a slightly out-turned lip, presumably for joining to the body of the vessel. The walls here are max.4.52mm thick. They thin to 2.82mm at the broken (jagged) opposite edge. Just above is a moulded shelf between the two walls, c.14mm wide and projecting c.9mm.
Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1800 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'. 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cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze cauldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.'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).
Class:
Cooking vessel
Sub class: Leg
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 45.28 mm
Width: 36.2 mm
Thickness: 19.11 mm
Weight: 39.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2011 - Saturday 1st September 2012
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Kings Somborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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