Record ID: CORN-B5BEE5
Object type: BIRD FEEDER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead/tin alloy incomplete aviary or cage bird feed or water trough with flat bottom and flared top half with moulded band and rim. The body of the vessel has been indented and damaged and one side of the vessel is missing. Read (1988) illustrates and similar example on page 98, number 606, which is dated to the 15th century.
Created on: Monday 30th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-94C865
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy short skillet leg with four ribs on the outer face, which extend the length of the leg, and four ribs protruding from the inner face, which only extend half way up the leg. The end that would have been soldered onto the body of the vessel has been filed down on the outer edge and the opposite narrower end has been cut. This looks to have been used as a trial piece in order to test the mould for a more permanent copper alloy leg. Or it may have been used as some sort of repair, as lead is easier to work with, and has to be heated to a lesser degree, but it is difficult…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Record ID: CORN-20E523
Object type: BIRD FEEDER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead/tin alloy incomplete aviary or cage bird food or water trough with flat bottom, and flared top half with moulded band and rim. The body of the vessel has been pushed out by the finder after having been flattened in the soil, so that it is now semi-circular in plan. There is a small perforation in the middle of the back of the vessel, which was probably used to suspend the feeder within the cage. Read (1988) illustrates and similar example on page 98, number 606, which is dated to the 15th century.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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