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VESSEL

Unique ID: SWYOR-19AB30

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, about AD 1200 - 1600. Only the flat foot and lower leg survives. The leg trapezoid in cross-section and curves forwards to form the plain foot. The top edge is an old break. The surviving piece is 28mm long, 19mm wide and 6.3mm thick at the top. 28.6g. It has dark grey patina, dark green where damaged.

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. 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. See also Butler et Al (2009) leg type (a) which is similar to this example.

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 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 28.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 30th September 2016 - Friday 30th September 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2958

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
Parish or ward: Hunsingore (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4354
Four figure Latitude: 53.9802771
Four figure longitude: -1.34582143
1:25K map: SE4354
1:10K map: SE45SW
Grid reference source: From finder
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
Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N.	2009	Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels	York	Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 41	6	a

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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