SWYOR-9EC4DC: Medieval cooking vessel leg

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Unique ID: SWYOR-9EC4DC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment from the leg of a copper alloy vessel, probably a cooking pot or cauldron of Medieval or Post-Medieval date, AD 1200 - 1600. The leg is flat on the reverse and terminates in a slightly angled foot that is flat on the underside and has a rounded front edge. The front of both leg and foot are fluted, with a rounded, raised ridge running down the centre and a broad, shallow, longitudinal groove on each side. The front of the leg and the underside of the foot have a black deposit that is probably the product of burning or sooting. The fragment has a light green patina. It is 42.5mm long, 35.3mm wide and 15.4mm thick. It weighs 72.25gm.

Medieval pot legs of this type are illustrated in Egan, G. 1998. The Medieval Household. Daily Living c.1150-c.1450, page.164, figure. 132, number 460. Egan comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. Compare also Bailey,G. 1997, Detector Finds 3, page 36, numbers 6 and 10.

Class: cooking vessel
Sub class: leg

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.5 mm
Width: 35.3 mm
Thickness: 15.4 mm
Weight: 72.25 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015 - Thursday 22nd October 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2723

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Woolley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE3113
Four figure Latitude: 53.61263951
Four figure longitude: -1.53290055
1:25K map: SE3113
1:10K map: SE31SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bailey, G.	1997	Detector Finds 3	Chelmsford	Greenlight Publishing	36
Egan, G.	1998	The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)	London	The Stationery Office	164	460

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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