Rights Holder: York Museums Trust
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
VESSEL
Unique ID: YORYM-5175CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy vessel of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1850. The fragment is part of the leg and foot of a cooking vessel such as a cauldron or posnet.
The leg is broadly rectangular in plan with a D-shaped section. The reverse is concaved and the foot angled also with a concave base. Two parallel raised ridges are present on the front of the leg in to the foot. These features give the impression of an animal foot.
The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. Blackened patches are present on all surfaces. The fragment is 41.6mm long, 30.5mm wide, 13.9mm thick and weighs 62g.
These objects are very common metal detector finds and are often found heavily worn and pitted as the metal content was high in lead which leached out over time (Butler, Green & Payne, p.4).
While it is not possible to allocate this fragment to a specific type it is likely to be from a large cooking vessel and dates from c.AD 1100 to c.AD 1850 when the use of cast iron cooking vessels predominates.
Ref: Butler, R., Green, C. and Payne, N. (2009). Cast Copper-Alloy Cooking Vessels (FRG Datasheet 41). Sleaford: The Finds Research Group AD 700-1700.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1100
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.6 mm
Width: 30.5 mm
Thickness: 13.9 mm
Weight: 62 g
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E06332
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Suffield-cum-Everley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9789
Four figure Latitude: 54.28743323
Four figure longitude: -0.51141236
1:25K map: SE9789
1:10K map: SE98NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: YORYM-8718F7
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A fragment of a copper-alloy vessel of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1850. The fragment is part of the leg and foot of a cookin…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: YORYM-5C3370
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A fragment of a copper-alloy vessel of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1850. The fragment is part of the leg and foot of a cookin…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: YORYM-298DD2
Object type: VESSEL
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A fragment of a copper-alloy vessel of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1100 - 1850. The fragment is part of the leg of a cooking vessel …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618