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Unique ID: WAW-C37F38
Object type certainty: Certain
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Medieval or Post Medieval (12th to mid 19th centuries) cooking vessel leg: In plan the leg is an elongated trapezoid with the narrow edge has curved corners, forming the foot. The upper terminal has obliquely angled face in profile with broken edges, and the actual surface is smooth and slightly concave, forming the interior surface of the vessel. In section the leg is sub semi-circular. The exterior face has a three vertical ridges. The surface has a mottled mid to dark grey-green patina with patches of a carbon build up. The interior surface is a shiny dark green-grey colour.
The leg measures 42.75mm tall, 35.01mm wide and 15.69mm thick. It weighs 65.89g.
It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (1998) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. According to Butler, Green and Payne (2009), "From aboutAD 1100, cast copper alloy vessels...were commonly used for downhearth cooking, with the vessel sitting among the embers or suspended over the fire. All but the poorest medieval or post-medieval households would have had at least one metal cooking vessel....These vessels gradually passed out of use between 1700 and 1850, superseded by cast iron pots...".
Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. 2009 'Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels' Finds Research Group AD700-1700 Datasheet 41
Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office
Class:
Cooking
Sub class: Leg/Foot
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.75 mm
Width: 35.01 mm
Thickness: 15.69 mm
Weight: 65.89 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2017 - Wednesday 14th March 2018
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SO6565
Four figure Latitude: 52.28202008
Four figure longitude: -2.51446647
1:25K map: SO6565
1:10K map: SO66NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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