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Record ID: SOMDOR-E9ED10
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pot leg. A small tapering pot leg from a tripod vessel. It is flat at the back, convex at the front. It has a collar at one end with a tapering leg below
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-EA01F6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pot leg. It is a small pot leg from a tripod vessel. It is flat at the back, convex at the front. There is a collar at one end with a leg below. The foot is slightly tri-lobed.
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-EA1671
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pot leg. It is a small pot leg from a tripod vessel. It is flat at the back, convex at the front. There is a collar at one end with a leg below. The foot is slightly tri-lobed.
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-8F18B1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object. Probably a pot leg. It is arrow shaped protruding from a slightly curved lump of copper alloy. Possibly one of tripod legs from a cooking pot. Very pitted possibly through cleaning.
Created on: Wednesday 5th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-F367B8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy foot from a cooking vessel, broken across the leg. The end of the foot is paw-like with three ridges. The underside of the foot is D-shaped in cross-section. The leg rises above and is oval in cross-section at the (old) break. The foot is crudely cast. Date: Medieval to Late Post-Medieval (1200-1800) Dimensions: Weight: Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1800 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iwerne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-45EDC3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from a copper alloy vessel. This is a large vessel leg probably from a cauldron. The leg is tri-lobate in section with three prominent ridge running up the front of the leg. The back of the leg is flat. TThe base of the foot apears mis-cast and is slightly hollowed and rough.The surface is sooted. Date:Late medieval to post medieval (possibly 15th to 18th century). Dimesions: 36.13 mm x 43.92 mm x 20.61 mm Weight: 90.92 g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-45FBC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from a copper alloy vessel. This is a large vessel leg probably from a cauldron. The leg is tri-lobate in section with traces of a central ridge running up the front of the leg. The back of the leg is flat. Date:Late medieval to post medieval (possibly 15th to 18th century). Dimesions: 43.49 mm x 39.48 mm x 19.64 mm Weight: 99.65 g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 19th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-AB4E81
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy jug, with one handle. One of three containers for the Dorchester hoard found in 1936 (IARCH-5E5FEF). It was recorded as having a height of 1 foot 3/4 inches and a diameter at the top of 4 3/4 in. and at the base 4 in. Its maximum diameter was 7 inches. The handle was decorated with a vine branch and attached to the rim by two duck's beaks and to the body by a Silenus mask. Elements of the decoration were picked out in silver inlay. It had three soldered feet that had become detached. The VCH reference below notes "The blister feet are unusual but the jug is of Wheeler's…
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-AB5BAC
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy basin or bowl. One of three containers for the Dorchester hoard found in 1936 (IARCH-5E5FEF). It was recorded as having a diameter of 1 ft 4 in. and a height of 6 in. with a footstand 1 in. high.
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-05B43B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper-alloy zoomorphic spout in the form of a dog's head dating to the period c. AD 1400 - 1500. The spout is from a ewer and exhibits a small section broken off at the base where is would have been attached to the body of the vessel and a small hole in the underside. The mouth of the spout protrudes from the open mouth of the dog's head. It has moulded eyes and stylised ears on either side of the head, the details of which are slightly worn. It has a green/brown patina and is slightly pitted in areas. Length: 73.80 mm, thickness: 20.92 mm, width: 23.68 mm, …
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Compton', grid reference and parish protected.