VESSEL

A Medieval or Post Medieval (12th to mid-19th centuries) cooking vessel leg. In plan the leg is a sub-rectangular with an asymmetrical rounded foot and a broken upper edge. This break is not recent. The leg is rectangular in section with rounded edges and one face is decorated with a slight central vertical ridge. The surface has a mottled mid green to dark brown patina. It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (1998) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. According to Butler, Green and Payne (2009), "From aboutAD1100, cast copper alloy vessels...were commonly used for downhearth cooking, with the vessel sitting among the embers or suspended over the fire. All but the poorest medieval or post-medieval households would have had at least one metal cooking vessel....These vessels gradually passed out of use between 1700 and 1850, superseded by cast iron pots...".

The leg measures 31.3mm tall, 30.6mm wide and 10.2mm thick. It weighs 34 grams.

Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. 2009 'Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels' Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41

Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office