WMID-976568: Medieval pot leg (front and reverse)

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Unique ID: WMID-976568

Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval cooking vessel leg/foot. The leg is an elongated sub-trapezoid in plan and triangular in profile. This fragment is probably the upper part of the vessel leg with the upper and lower smaller edges broken. These breaks are not recent as the patina covers the break. The lower part of one face is roughly rectangular in section. At the approximate mid-point of this face it tapers upwards and then widens and has a rounded notch on the upper outer edge. The opposing face has a flat upper surface with a rounded protrusion at the lower edge. One face narrows inwards to give the fragment a wedged shape. The surface of the leg has a green/brown coloured uneven patina. It is uncertain what type of vessel this fragment comes from, but Egan (1998) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. There are similar vessel fragments recorded on the database (WAW-449CA5 and WAW-D9E941).

The leg measures 48.49 mm in length, 45.45 mm width, and 18.07 mm thickness across the widest part. It weighs 156.4g.

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

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1750

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 48.49 mm
Width: 45.45 mm
Thickness: 18.07 mm
Weight: 156.4 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd May 2015

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: West Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wyre Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Chaddesley Corbett (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SO8772
Four figure Latitude: 52.34591646
Four figure longitude: -2.19225726
1:25K map: SO8772
1:10K map: SO87SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G.	1998	The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)	London	The Stationery Office

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Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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