Record ID: IOW-379C2A
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval-Post Medieval cast copper alloy vessel, c. AD 1200-1700. The leg is broadly rectangular in plan and pentagonal in cross-section, narrowing slightly to a foot shape at the base. The foot has a rounded toe and there is a relief moulded line across the ankle.  The base of the foot is slightly worn and concave.  The top of the leg has a rough break where it has become detached from the original vessel. The leg is neatly finished and relatively thin suggesting that this may have come from a serving vessel, such as a ewer…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D1F2A7
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete  cast copper-alloy vessel leg, possibly from a skillet, dating to c. AD 1200 - 1700. It is broken at the top and part of the base is missing. It is elongated where is is attached to part of the vessel wall and tapers into a sub-circular cross section rod to the transverse break. There are traces of sooting on the exterior and interior surfaces. Date: Medieval to Post-Medieval   Length: 38.48 mm Width: 27.9 mm Thickness: 27.9 mm Weight: 68.57 g
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: IOW-7FFAB2
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval to Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy cooking vessel foot, c.AD 1300-1600. This is a foot from a cooking vessel, most likely a skillet given the slenderness of the foot and the likely lightness of the attached vessel. The foot is sub-circular and terminates in an oval sectioned foot section (flat at the back and on the underside). It tapers towards the broken upper edge that is curved where it would have attached to the vessel. Crudely made cast copper-alloy vessels such as cauldrons and skillets were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving …
Created on: Thursday 13th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: ESS-05AADF
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete post medieval cast copper alloy (leaded bronze) cooking vessel fragment, most likely a skillet handle. The fragment consists of part of the handle and is flat and rectangular in profile, widening into a circular disc with a small round hole in the middle, which probably allowed the handle to be attached to the main part of the vessel. The fragment is undecorated. Dimensions: W: 47.05mm; L: 32.42mm; T: 1.71mm; Weight: 16.35g Discussion: A hanging skillet can be seen in Butler and Green's 'English Bronze Cooking Vessels and the…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepherdswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C34C91
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, probable handle or possible leg fragment from a Medieval/Post Medieval, cast, copper alloy cooking receptacle (skillet, jug or ewer). Narrow, slightly tapering sub-rectangular ridged handle with 'U' shaped cross-section. Three moulded longitudinal ridges with the largest close to the broken edge so another probable two ridges missing. The narrow end is rounded off, whereas the wider end concave and broken off from main body of the receptacle. Worn with a dark green patina but also considerable light green matt corrosion and blackened inside 'U' shape concave surface. Th…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th January 2022
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Record ID: GAT-F2D566
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pot leg. The find is roughly trapezoidal in profile with a broken terminal where the leg would have attached to the pot. The leg tapers to a roughly rounded foot, (shallow ‘m’ shaped in profile). The centre of the leg has a vertically running moulded rib on one face. The leg is likely medieval in date, and would have been part of a skillet or bowl.
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Talsarnau', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A90681
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy skillet fragment, as kindly identified by Naomi Payne, who comments as follows: 'The decoration, curve and profile of this object all suggest it is a handle from a medieval posnet, not a Roman patera. Compare with for example no. 562 in Norwich Households (Margeson 1993, p. 90) and no. 187 in English Bronze Cooking Vessels and their Founders 1350-1830 (Butler and Green 2003, p. 174). Dating is c. 13th/14th century'. A slightly curving plano-convex straight-sided and lightly tapered fragment from a flat skillet handle, as kindly identified by the finder. Four double ring a…
Created on: Monday 17th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton-upon-Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-DEE68B
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval cast copper-alloy vessel leg, possibly from a skillet, dating to c. AD 1200 - 1700. It is broken at the top. It is D-Shaped in cross section. The upper part of the leg tapers slightly above an expanded, protruding foot. It is decorated with four low moulded vertical ridges along the leg and onto the foot. The underside of the foot has scratch marks from use. The rear is slightly convex and smoothed Length: 43.01 mm Width: 28.17 mm Thickness: 16.29 mm Weight: 62.40 g Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8AD1FC
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of post-medieval undecorated copper alloy handle of a skillet or posnet with a downward turned terminal. At the break the cross-section is pointed oval, width 20mm, thickness 8mm. Extant length 48mm. Weight 59g. 16th - 17th century
Created on: Friday 12th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th July 2019
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Record ID: NMS-59737E
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a medieval copper alloy skillet or posnet handle, the downturned proximal end with a punched double ring-and-dot on the upper face. This is probably the start of a line of ring-and-dot. Cf. an example dated to the mid 13th - mid 14th century (Butler and Green 2003, 174, no. 187), and one from the 1507 fire deposit in Norwich (Margeson 1983, no. 563). Extant length 45mm. Width 19.5mm. Weight 44.47g. Mid 13th - early 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Record ID: CORN-7F6FE5
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy skillet foot, rectangular in plan and plano-convex in profile and section. The fragment has parallel sides and is slightly thickened at the foot end, which is damaged and worn. There is a slightly raised central rib on the convex outer face, ending at the worn edge of the foot. The broken upper edge is slightly flared probably from when it was sheared off of the rest of the leg. On the front and back of the foot there are patches of black organic material that have been burnt on when the leg was near the fire. Butler and Green (2003) illustrate a skillet, manufact…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2018
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Record ID: CORN-AC8EDC
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy skillet leg and foot. The leg is oval in section where it is broken, 43.5 mm in length, 30 mm in width, 14.2 mm thick and 85.2 g in weight. The fragment has parallel sides and is slightly thickened at the foot end, which is damaged and worn. There is a slightly raised central rib on the convex outer face, ending in a possible claw, with smaller, rounded claws on either side, but most of the foot has worn away. The inner face is flat but pitted and corroded. The broken upper end is slightly flared probably from when it was sheared off of the rest of th…
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-11B673
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy skillet leg with a mounded bulbous transverse collar above a slightly pointed bifid foot designed to look like a hoof. The leg is sub-rectangular in plan and profile and plano-convex in section, with a flat back at 90 degrees to the base. One end is broken above the collar where it has been severed from the rest of the leg. There are patches of burnt organic material on the back and sides of the foot which would have adhered to the surface when the vessel was near the fire. Height 37.1 mm, width 23.2 mm, thickness 13.3 mm, weight 40.15 g. Read (1…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-117E1D
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy skillet or posnet leg with a mounded bulbous transverse collar above a slightly everted foot which is designed to look like a hoof. The foot is sub-rectangular in plan and profile and plano-convex in section, with a flat back at 90 degrees to the base. The upper edge is broken where it has been severed from the rest of the leg. There are patches of burnt organic material on the back and sides of the foot which would have adhered to the surface when the vessel was near the fire. Height 35.8 mm, width 20 mm, thickness 13 mm, weight 35.35 g. Butle…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-10D7E7
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment cast copper alloy skillet leg and foot with a moulded bulbous transverse collar between the two. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and profile and plano-convex in section, with a flat back at 90 degrees to the base. Both ends appear broken, the upper edge where it has been severed from the rest of the leg and the lower edge from the terminal of the foot. There are patches of burnt organic material on the back and sides of the foot which would have adhered to the surface when the vessel was near the fire. Height 31.2 mm, width 25.4 mm, thickness 15.1 mm, weight 40.…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: CORN-2C7016
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy leg of a small skillet, broken off at the top and above the foot. with three moulded ribs running vertically down the face of the leg. Just before the lower break in the leg it begins to splay out to what would have been the foot. There is no collar above the foot. The leg is rectangular in plan, splaying out slightly at the bottom left hand corner, and plano-convex in section with a flat back. There is black organic material on the surface of the leg burnt on when it was near the fire. A simple leg of this type is illustrated by Butler & Green (2003)…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: WILT-E9DE13
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the end of a handle of a copper alloy medieval or post medieval skillet dating to c AD 1400-1700. The fragment comprises the tip of the handle. In cross section, the fragment is D shaped and the underside curves towards the very end of the handl. The top surface is flat and is decorated with a raised rim around the edge of the handle and raised lines in the centre. The decoration may be lettering or possiby figurative but it is not possible to identify the foundry from the fragment. The fragment weighs 25.44g, and measures 29.64mm in length, 20.66mm in width and 8.55mm…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-10CB1A
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy skillet or posnet foot in the form of a lion's claw with three moulded claws that arch outwards below a moulded bulbous transverse collar. The foot is sub-recatngular in plan and profile and plano-convex in section, with a flat back at 90 degrees to the base. The upper broken section of the foot is pitted where it has been severed from the rest of the leg. There are patches of burnt organic material on the back and sides of the foot which would have adhered to the surface when the vessel was near the fire. Height 33 mm, width 30 mm, thickness 16 mm, weight 61.35 g…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2017
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Record ID: CORN-12BA26
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy receptacle leg, probably from a skillet or posnet, missing its foot. The leg is straight-sided and semi-circular in section, with slightly champfered sides on the back and a central rib running the length of the leg on the outer face. The leg tapers slightly to the point at which it is broken just above the foot. The foot does not appear to have been everted, but there is a notch in the metal on one side of the leg just above the point where the foot would have met the leg. The central rib has traces of vertical lines down it like a combed decoration, defining the ed…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: CORN-56FB7A
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete leg of a cast copper alloy skillet. The fragment is broken at both ends, straight sided in plan, D-shaped in section with a flat back and rounded front face, with five evenly spaced rounded ribs running down its length. The leg would have originally then been everted into a claw foot with five claws for stability. Butler & Green (2003) illustrate similar ribbed straight-sided skillet legs on page 140, fig.142, dating from 1658-1661, assigned to the Westcountry because of the similarity of the skillets to the work of Thomas Sturton's foundry in South Petherton, Somerse…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2017
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