Record ID: LANCUM-9B5E30
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a copper alloy pot foot. It is basically rectangular in shape, the front has a central ridge moulded in which defines a triangular foot. The foot is flat to the horizontal, the back of the foot is undecorated. This were in use over a wide period thirteenth to eighteenth centuries AD Dimensions: 52mm log and 43 mm wide, it weighs 181.08g 
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Euxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A24CB7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy drop handle from a chafing dish dating from around AD 1400 - 1600. The handle is a broadly trapeziodal; wider at the base with rounded lower corners and narrowed at the top with a short straight upper edge. It is of variable cross-section, mainly rectangular, but more rounded in places. Measurements are; length 44.2mm, width 48.1mm, thickness 5.5mm and weight 23.10g. Chafing dishes were domestic utensils made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other combustible material. This was then used to cook food or keep it h…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-843A6E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the leg of a copper alloy vessel, probably a cooking pot or cauldron of Medieval or Post-Medieval date, AD 1100 - 1700. The front face of the leg is slightly convex and has a prominent central ridge running down the centre. The ridge is rounded and terminates in a rounded triangular surface. The reverse of the leg is concave. The upper end of the leg is a rough where it was broken from the base of the vessel. Both front and back of the leg show traces of dark material, probably sooting. The exposed metal has a light green or brown patina. It is 72.0mm long; width 41.0m…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-EDD144
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to early Post Medieval ceramic vessel base sherd of unglazed variably fired gritty ware. The fabric is orange red, dark grey where unoxidised, lightly abraded, and can be scratched with a firmly applied thumbnail. Inclusions and voids mostly under 2mm and sub rounded. Probably dates to between c1066 and c1600 AD. Length 54mm, width 40mm, thickness 12mm (9mm base), weight 24.52g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-845531
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy chafing dish handle and lug, dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval period (c. AD 1400 - 1600). The handle is triangular with a rectangular section. The lug is also rectangular in section; it curves around the handle frame at one end and terminating in a rectangular extension and circular attachment rivet at the other. The object has a dark green-brown patina. It is 61.64mm in length, 40.83mm in width and 5.01mm in thickness. It weighs 32.56g. There are a number of similar examples recorded on the database, including: WREX-7AB7BE and SWYOR-7D91C1.
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Sunday 9th June 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-05D246
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A leg of a copper alloy vessel, probably a cooking pot or cauldron of Medieval or Post-Medieval date, about AD 1200 - 1600. The leg is D-shaped in cross-section with a slight ridge down the centre of the front face. The foot flares out from the leg and is pentagonal in plan, with a central ridge, and smaller ridges at each side. The top edge is an old break. It has a dark brown patina. It is 27.9mm tall, 43mm wide and 29.6mm thick. 91.1g. Various Medieval pot legs are illustrated in Egan, G. 1998. The Medieval Household. Daily Living c.1150-c.1450, page.164, figure. 132. Egan com…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th March 2021
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BC943F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post Medieval copper alloy chafing dish handle and lug. The handle is shaped like an inverted openwork letter 'T'. The lug is still attached, with a circular rivet where it would have been attached to the chafing dish. The metal has a dark brown patina. The handle was probably cast as a single piece and finished with a file. The lug piercing appears to have been formed as a notch, then pressed or hammered closed around the handle. It also shows file marks as part of its manufacture. Dates to between c 1400 and c1600 AD. The chafing dish handle is 38 mm long…
Created on: Sunday 13th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sabden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-901915
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval to Post Medieval undecorated lead alloy vessel or container, dating from c. AD 1400 - 1600. The vessel is D-shaped in section; being rounded at the front and flat at the back. The vessel is open at the top, and the sides taper towards the closed end. There are no attachment holes or rivets visible, suggesting that the vessel stood on its own rather than being attached to a wall. Similar examples of this object have often been referred to as bird feeders or holy water holders. See IOW-9AEDE6 for a similar example; and for 'alternative suggestions including: dice shakers…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Mellor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4C7E8D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy vessel rim fragment probably dating from the medieval to post-medieval, dating from c. AD 1400 - c. AD 1600. The length is 18mm, the width is 28mm and the weight 5.77g. It appears to have been inscribed possibly with the letter *R*. Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1600 (Geake 2001: 52). Geake, H. 2001. Finds Recording Guide. Unpublished. Butler, R., Green, C., and Payne, N. 2009. Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels. The Finds Research Group Datasheet 41. Finds Res…
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-F69EDE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy vessel rim fragment probably dating from the medieval to post-medieval, dating from c. AD 1400 - c. AD 1600. The length is 80mm, with 26mm and the weight 18.90g. It has possibly been finished on a lathe. Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least until c. 1600 (Geake 2001: 52). Geake, H. 2001. Finds Recording Guide. Unpublished. Butler, R., Green, C., and Payne, N. 2009. Cast copper-alloy cooking vessels. The Finds Research Group Datasheet 41. Finds Research Group.
Created on: Friday 7th July 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-1C5F17
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large handle fragment of a medieval jug dating from the 13th/14th century AD. The fragment comes from a large greenish/yellow-glazed cream coloured earthenware jug. The fabric appears to be rosy/cream-coloured clay that was tempered with smaller gritty and quartzite inclusions. The inside is reddish brown and appears to be oxidised. A few flecks of green and yellow glaze remain on top of the handle. The length is 60mm, the width is 35mm thickness 22mm and the weight 28.09g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-9AC7B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy handle from a post-medieval chafing dish, dating from AD 1400 - 1600. The handle has a trapezoidal frame, broadly rectangular in section, with three concaved sides and three short sides, one very worn from where the attachment lug would have sat and attached it to the bowl/dish. The lug is missing. It would have been rectangular in section and is U shaped in plan, one end of the U flaring out into a rectangular collar before terminating in an integral recessed, circular rivet that attached it to the side of the dish. A number of handles of similar design are recorde…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Sunday 23rd October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pendleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-3836E9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dog's head of a dog's headed spout dating from the late medieval or early post-medieval period, c. 1400-1550. The spout fragment probably comes of a ewer. The spout is tubular, and terminates in a dog's (or sheep's) head with an open mouth from which the circular spout protrudes. The dog's head is formed of moulded decoration, and has large pointed-oval rounded ears, a squared brow and eyes. The decoration is worn. A similar fixed spout from a pedestal-base ewer can be found illustrated in Lewis (1987, 4-5; fig. 8a). A complete one is recorded under, e.g. BUC-0F3C19.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mawdesley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-DEC471
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early Medieval to Medieval ceramic vessel rim sherd with some abrasion. The gritty oxidised orange fabric can be scratched with a thumbnail. The fabric has a number of inclusions and occasional voids, both mostly less than 1mm in size but one void 4mm x 5mm and one iron rich inclusion 2mm x 3mm. Probably dates from c1000 to c1400 AD, most likely 12th or 13th century. The length is 24mm, width 14mm, thickness 8mm, and the weight 3.64g.
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whalley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5A03B8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rhomboid repair patch/clip from a medieval post-medieval vessel, probably dating from 14th-17th century AD. The clip is made from copper alloy and fairly sturdy. It has been folded over four times to seal the tear in the vessel - then it was hammered flat on the outside with the two ends being folded back on themselves on the inside. Due to its size and sturdiness this is likely to date to the medieval or post-medieval period, but some are earlier, such as examples from Late Saxon contexts at Flixborough (Rogers, N. in Evans and Loveluck 2009, 115-7).
Created on: Friday 13th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-8ACA2E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large handle fragment of a medieval jug dating from the 13th/14th century AD. Only about 1/3 of the handle survives: this is probably the upper third and a small part of the rim or shoulders of the jug. The fragment comes from a large green/yellow-glazed cream coloured earthenware jug. The fabric appears to be rosy/cream-coloured clay that was tempered with smaller gritty and quartzite inclusions. Few flecks of green and yellow glaxe remain on top of the handle.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yealand', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-86D4B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, dating to the 15th century. The spout quickly tapers to become tubular with a moulded dogs head decoration on the spout terminal. The dog has upright rectangular slightly fluted ears, its snout and eyes are represented by a concave depression with a circular spout protruding from its open mouth. This is a simple example of a well-known 15th century type; it would originally have been attached to a pedestal-base ewer.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FC6B5A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy vessel foot dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period. The object is from a cooking vessel and has been broken across the leg. The object is L-shaped in profile. The underside of the foot is slightly concave in the centre and is damaged at the heal. The leg rises above the foot where it terminates with an ancient break. Three prominent ribs run along the centre of the leg to the front. The object has a mid-green patina and is worn. Cast cooking vessels seem to have come into use in the second half of the 13th century and to have continued at least unt…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 15th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sawley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9FD669
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy zoomorphic spout from a Late Medieval laver, ewer, etc. Traces of solder survive on the surfaces of the attachment end, which has a central slot and curves forward into the neck and head of the animal. A spout of circular cross section protrudes from the open mouth of the dog-like head, which is well moulded but of slightly stylised appearance. The ears point upwards, one on either side of the head, projecting slightly above the top of the brow, which has a central ridge but is otherwise flat. The face tapers towards the deeply concave snout, and the eyes are suggest…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Galgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2BE61E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy fragment: possibly a dish support from a late medieval/early post-medieval chafing dish. The object tapers to a point at one end. It has a trapezoidal cross-section and appears to have been broken away from another element at the wider end. Lewis (1973, p63-4) describes the type of vessel which he calls type B: "These vessels are cast in one piece and finished on the lathe. The only decorative features are single or double incised girth lines. Bowl and pedestal are about the same depth. The bowl has sloping sides above the carination, and the rim flares out to f…
Created on: Thursday 18th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.