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VESSEL
Unique ID: CORN-2BFE38
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete cast copper alloy leg and foot from a cauldron. The leg and foot are straight-sided in plan and profile and plano-convex in section with a flat back. The base of the foot is flat but angled outwards with a casting cavity on one side. There are five rounded ribs, the central one widest at 12 mm and the two outer ribs least prominent, running parallel to each other from the broken upper edge of the leg to the transverse collar above the foot. Below the collar the foot splays out and is everted outwards slightly and continues the five claws with the central one again most prominent at a width of 14 mm. There are patches of black organic material that have been burnt on to the surface of the leg and foot when the cauldron was near the fire. The leg above the collar is pockmarked with several holes in the casting.
Butler & Green (2003) illustrate a cauldron with similar legs on page 153, no.158 which they say is typical of the 17th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 77 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight: 290.45 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th March 2018 - Sunday 4th March 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Breage (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW6227
Four figure Latitude: 50.09531404
Four figure longitude: -5.3290711
1:25K map: SW6227
1:10K map: SW67SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, R. and Green, C. | 2003 | English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 | Honiton, Devon | Roderick & Valentine Butler | p.153 | no.158 |
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