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VESSEL
Unique ID: SOM-01C370
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval cast copper alloy pot foot and part of the leg. The leg is C shaped in section with a concave back and convex front back; it is broken off just above a transverse collar with an old break. The prominent collar is rounded in section. The flaring foot is also C-shaped in section with seven raised ribs running down the front. The base of the foot is rounded. It is 51.5mm long, 31.1mm wide and 15.8mm thick; it weighs 107 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 C which they suggest was already in use by the 16th century and was almost universal in the 17th.
Class: Pot leg
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 51.5 mm
Width: 31.1 mm
Thickness: 15.8 mm
Weight: 107 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 22349
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)
To be known as: Carhampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 |
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