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VESSEL
Unique ID: LVPL-853889
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy vessel leg/foot probably dating from the Medieval period.
The object is sub-rectangular in plan with straight sides narrowing towards the foot which is incomplete. The object has a central vertical rib down one face. The terminal end is worn and measuring 18mm in width and 5mm in thickness. The attachment end measures 29mm in width and 12mm in thickness. The object has a mid-green patina. There are adhering traces of an unidentified black substance, which is probably a sooty/carbon deposit, on each surface of the object.
Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1600 (Geake 2001: 52).
Class: Foot
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 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 66.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Littleton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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