2024-03-28T08:36:51+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/912131/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/912131/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/912131/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/912131/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/912131/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/912131/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/912131912131CORN-9934B3PAS5B59934B0012BBSIEVE30285.3211MEDIEVAL14001600Fragment of a sheet copper alloy sieve or strainer, irregular in plan with all of the edges broken and uneven, but originally part of a circular object. Five complete, circular piercings remain, all between 2 and 2.5 mm in diameter. Remnants of at least four more piercings are visible around the edges and it appears that the piercings radiate form a central area and that their is a curved perimeter. The piercings appear to have all been punched from one face and the opposite inside face has black organic matter on the surface suggesting that it was probably used as part of a kitchen implement or as a drainage filter.
Egan (2005) illustrates a fragment of a similar strainer on page 98, fig.84, no.439, from Fastolf Place, Southwark which is dated from the late 15th to the early 16th century. A similar example was found at Hellesvean, St Ives, excavated from houses dated from the 12th century (Preston-Jones & Rose, CAJ 25, 1986, 146).2018-07-26 10:24:272018-07-30 23:03:03412018-06-162018-06-161Certain11312936PAS5B59934B0012BB7818CORNCopper alloy10627Hand madeFragmentEncrustedMEDIEVALMDx14221p0gjgrsxwzxPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxMetal detectorCircaCirca91118643750243864375041427SW7228SW7228SW78NW50.10821657-5.19008221011021811DSCN6532.JPG741156strainer (plan)Royal Institution of Cornwall4images/atyacke/South WestDisturbedGrassland, HeathlandEuropean RegionUnitary AuthorityCornwallUnitary AuthorityCornwallCivil Parish50.1256-5.17085ConstantineReturned to finder96412