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VESSEL
Unique ID: ESS-C7C9E9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy vessel leg or stand, dating to the Medieval period c. 1400 - 1600.
The leg is triangular in section and widens toward the top edge. The top edge is curved to hold the underside of a curved metal vessel. There is a slight flange edge along one side of the curved upper edge. Immediately below the curved edge there is a 'socketed' section which is thinner in thickness than the 'leg' or lower portion of the vessel stand.
Copper alloy vessels were used from the medieval period until the 19th century though cast Iron pots became increasingly prevalent from the mid 17th century.
The patina is green and mottled.
Similar examples can be seen in Egan, 1998, pages 164-164, (in particular see number 461)
Dimensions: weight: 52.4g, length: 87.5mm, width: 28.0mm, thickness: 14.4mm
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 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 87.5 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 14.4 mm
Weight: 52.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Ashen (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7441
Four figure Latitude: 52.04009328
Four figure longitude: 0.53555666
1:25K map: TL7441
1:10K map: TL74SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office |
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