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VESSEL
Unique ID: DEV-CBBF31
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post-Medieval cast copper alloy pot foot, probably dating to AD 1500-1700. The fragment is highly abraded, sub rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross section, with a flat back and convex front. Broken immediately above a transverse collar at a worn break and with traces of cast vertical ribs just visible.
Dimensions: length 41.9mm; width 23.3mm; thickness 16.5mm; weight 68.84g.
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 a Type C which they suggest was already in use by the late 16th century and almost universal in the 17th.
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Class:
Foot
Sub class: Butler, Green and Payne type C
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.9 mm
Width: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 16.5 mm
Weight: 68.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Saturday 15th July 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: East Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Broad Clyst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SX9794
Four figure Latitude: 50.73644935
Four figure longitude: -3.46097243
1:25K map: SX9794
1:10K map: SX94NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. | 2009 | Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels | York | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41 |
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