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VESSEL
Unique ID: DOR-5325FB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy pot leg from a cauldron, skillet or other cooking vessel. The leg is broadly D-shaped in section with convex front and flat back. It has an old irregular break at the lower end. The leg widens and spreads outwards at the base to create the foot which is mostly lost to breaks or wear. A raised rib runs down the centre of the front of the leg, becoming more pronounced on the foot. At the top is a rounded transverse ridge. There are remains of sooting on all faces.
Date: Medieval to Post medieval - c1200 - 1650
Dimensions: 64.86 mm x 37.87 mm x 25.89 mm
Weight: 153.73 g
Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Butler et al (2009:4) suggest there were four main types of leg used. This is an example of type A which they suggest was widespread in the Medieval period with some examples continuing into the early 17th century (ibid).
Class:
Cooking
Sub class: Pot Leg and foot
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.86 mm
Width: 37.87 mm
Thickness: 25.89 mm
Weight: 153.73 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017286
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Sixpenny Handley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9917
Four figure Latitude: 50.95243085
Four figure longitude: -2.01560872
1:25K map: ST9917
1:10K map: ST91NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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