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VESSEL
Unique ID: ESS-D87B43
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A rim fragment of a Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper alloy cooking vessel. The thickened rim is D-shaped in section and inconsistent in thickness along the fragment. It appears to be plain and undecorated. The fragment is 43.8mm wide, 33.0mm in length and 5.2mm thick; it weighs 19.55.
Notes:
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).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Height: 20.1 mm
Width: 43.8 mm
Weight: 19.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2012 - Thursday 1st November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: CIMS OEF 7088
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
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 | 7-21 |
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