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VESSEL
Unique ID: SUSS-1E44D0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to Post Medieval cast copper-alloy pot leg and foot, probably dating from c. 13th-mid-17th century AD. The leg is oval shaped in section. It is plain with no decoration. There is nothing separating the leg from the foot. The base of the foot show signs of wear and is flat. At the pot attachment end there is part of the vessel still attached with a smooth inner surface. The leg measures 78.9mm high. T the attachment end it is 31.2mm long and 21.3mm wide. At the foot it is 15.7mm long and 15.1mm wide. It weighs 122 grams.
Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.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'. Although earlier copper alloy vessels, mostly in copper alloy sheet, are known they are rarer and mostly of sheet metal or hammered out (ibid; 7). While certain specialist cast copper alloy vessels such as skillets remained in use later 'bronze caldron's in general seem to have been superseded in the early years of the 18th century when their place was taken by cast-iron vessels which were cheaper to make and more durable to use.' (ibid: 22).
Class: Leg/Foot
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.2 mm
Height: 78.9 mm
Width: 21.3 mm
Weight: 122 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th July 2016 - Sunday 10th July 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Mid Sussex (District)
Parish or ward: Haywards Heath (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2628
Four figure Latitude: 51.03755358
Four figure longitude: -0.20426641
1:25K map: TQ2628
1:10K map: TQ22NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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