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VESSEL
Unique ID: HAMP-22365B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy leg from a cooking vessel of later medieval to post-medieval date (1200-1700). It has an old, transverse break across the leg which at this opint is rectangular in cross-section. The leg extends into the foot at an obtuse angle (approximately 120 degrees). The foot is trapezoidal in shape to the underside. A prominent central rib, triangular in cross-section, runs down the length of the leg to the end of the foot. The object is a mid-green colour with patches of a dark coating, probably sooting. Recent damage to the central rib has exposed the shiny 'bronze' surface.
The object weighs 272 g. The dimensions are as follows: width: 43.1mm (at leg top), 55.6 mm (at foot bottom), thickness: 35.6 mm, length 66.6 mm.
The vessels to which these were attached were usually of a tripod form and were widely used from circa AD 1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003) 15, state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during the 13th and 14th centuries'. While certain specialist cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use for longer, 'bronze cauldrons in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century by cast iron which were cheaper to make and more durable' (ibid; 22).
Class:
Cooking Vessel
Sub class: Leg
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 66.6 mm
Width: 55.6 mm
Thickness: 35.6 mm
Weight: 372 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hampshire Cultural Trust Object Entry Form WINCM 317
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Pangborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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