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VESSEL

Unique ID: SF-A540A4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

An incomplete and worn copper-alloy zoomorphic foot from a Medieval to Post-Medieval cooking vessel. Only part of the base of the foot survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.

The leg is rectangular in section with flat back face and pointed front face. It expands at its base to a foot that is rectangular in form and section.

This vessel foot measures 26.84mm in height, 18.34mm in length, 21.26mm in width, 8.79mm in thickness, 24.46g in weight.

There is a similar example from London (Egan, 1998, p. 164, no. 459).

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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 26.84 mm
Width: 18.34 mm
Thickness: 8.79 mm
Weight: 24.46 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Little Whelnetham

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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