Record ID: CORN-BDE604
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy foot from a cauldron leg, 64.5 mm long, 49 mm wide and 17.5 mm thick at the broken end increasing to 61 mm wide and flaring outwards to 29 mm in thickness at the base, and weighing 310.2 gm. The front face is divided by three deep groves into three wide lobes and a smaller, narrower lobe at one side, producing a shape resembling the paw of an animal such as a lion or dog, with four toes. The back surface is flat apart from a casting flaw in the form of a large oval pit, 14 mm long, 9.5 mm wide and 7 mm deep. The underside is slightly dished and when placed on the gro…
Created on: Wednesday 25th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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Record ID: CORN-3E19CA
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment from a cast copper alloy cauldron. The fragment is 123 mm in width, 51 mm in height and 3.5 mm thick, widening to 5 mm thick at the rim and a weight of 161.9 g. The rim is out-turned and bevelled on its inner edge; the outer edge is flattened, partly by filing away the surplus metal after casting. The curvature of the rim suggests that it would have been 280 mm in diameter which falls comfortably within the normal range for a cauldron and suggests a vessel with a capacity of between 4½ and 6 gallons. The outer surface is rough and mostly covered in black burnt organic …
Created on: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-7A43A9
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy cauldron leg, 91 long, 33 mm wide, increasing to 41.5 mm at the foot. It is 14 mm in thickness, flaring outwards to 19 mm at its bulbous foot, and weighs 259 g. The surfaces are pitted and abraded and the everted foot is severely worn so there is little of the base left. The front face is decorated with a single, moulded, central rib and the back face is flat. There are patches of burnt black organic material on the surface as a result of the food that dripped down the leg from the cauldron when it was in the fire. The leg resembles those of a 16th centur…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Record ID: CORN-89A3AB
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cauldron leg, sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The attachment to the curved vessel body still remains, and the leg then tapers evenly to a transverse collar and then to the foot which has worn to a rounded end. The outer face of the leg has five vertical ribs, varying in width from 7 mm at the edge, to 11 mm in the centre, which terminate at the transverse collar which divides the leg from the foot. The foot might have originally also been ridged, but it is now so worn it has lost its claw-like terminal. The back of the leg is flat and has been del…
Created on: Sunday 12th November 2017
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2017
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Record ID: CORN-899F35
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy receptacle leg and foot from a cauldron, square in plan, L-shaped in profile and plano-convex in section at the broken edge and trapezoidal at the base. There is a larger central rib, 8 mm thick, running vertically down the centre of the leg, from the broken upper edge to the tip of the foot, and a thinner rib, 6 mm thick, on either edge of the foot. The foot is flat and undecorated and the base is flat with some recesses of wear. The 'toe' of the foot is not in the usual curved claw form but instead has a straight rectangular chamfer from the upper edg…
Created on: Sunday 12th November 2017
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2017
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Record ID: CORN-899997
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy cauldron leg, rectangular in plan and profile and plano-convex in section where the collar has broken away from the foot. The leg has parallel sides with five moulded ribs running vertically from the broken upper end and terminating at a bulbous, transverse collar. The back of the leg is flat. The junction with the body of the cauldron is missing whilst the base of the collar is pitted with the foot having previously worn away, probably through use. The back edge of the collar, where the cauldron would have been in contact with the ground, is slightly rounded. …
Created on: Sunday 12th November 2017
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2017
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Record ID: CORN-8991F4
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy cauldron leg, sub-rectangular in plan and in profile and sub-triangular in section, with sides tapering slightly from the top towards the now-missing foot. It is decorated with a single, moulded, central rib. Part of the body of the cauldron is still attached to the upper end of the leg and there appears to be a pattern of cross-hatching on it that would have been created by textile or mesh applied to the cauldron interior when it was molten at the surface. There are also patches of black organic material adhering to the leg which would have been burnt on when …
Created on: Sunday 12th November 2017
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2017
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Record ID: CORN-E71E04
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment of the body of a cauldron from the side of the vessel where it is relatively straight sided. There is a single raised, rounded cordon, 47 mm long and 6 mm thick, that runs horizontally along the body fragment, just below and almost parallel to the upper broken edge. These ribs are similar to the wire moulding on a cauldron made by the Sturton Foundry and a Westcountry cauldron illustrated by Butler and Green (2003) on pages 107 & 165, nos.97 & 170, which are dated from the 15th to the 17th century. The straight-sided shape of the vessel wall suggests that is…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2017
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Record ID: CORN-E6FFAD
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy cauldron leg and foot, trapezium-shaped in plan, triangular in profile, and lentoid in section at the upper broken edge which is below the point where the leg would have attached to the body of the cauldron. The front of the leg and foot has a single central rib running vertically down the middle that is 9 mm in width and divides the face into two flat side panels. The foot then is everted and also expands sideways so that it looks trapezoidal in plan and the base of the foot is pitted and damaged from use when the cauldron was dragged in front of and on t…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2017
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Record ID: CORN-F19BA7
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cauldron foot, trapezium-shaped in plan, triangular in profile, broken at the point where it would have attached to a leg of the cauldron. The front of the foot is divided in to a flat panels that are at a 45 degree angle from the base and divided by one central mid-rib which runs vertically from the broken edge to the 'toe' edge of the foot. There is no sign of a collar above the foot where it extends into the leg. The back of the foot is smooth and semi-circular in section and the base has been abraded and pitted through use when it has melted, and is no longer fla…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Record ID: CORN-CB62B3
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment of the body of a cauldron from the base of the vessel where it curves under to meet the legs. There is a single raised, rounded cordon, 43 mm long and 3 mm thick, that runs horizontally along the body fragment, just below and almost parallel to the upper broken edge. These ribs are similar to the wire moulding on the Westcountry cauldrons illustrated by Butler and Green (2003) on page 165, nos.170-172, which are dated from the 15th to the 16th century. The straight-sided shape and flat underside of the vessel wall suggests that is might be more of an elongat…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Record ID: CORN-7E225E
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cauldron foot, trapezium-shaped in plan, triangular in profile, broken at the point where it would have attached to a leg of the cauldron. The inward facing surface of the foot, which is divided in to a flat central panel and two flat side panels which are angled forwards, are smooth, while the outer surface of the foot is considerably abraded and blackened, splayed out from top to bottom, with a single central rib running vertically down the middle. The underside of the foot is also blackened with evidence of two lugs on either side of the base, possibly for stabili…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Last updated: Saturday 28th January 2017
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Record ID: CORN-AB069A
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cauldron foot with traces of five defined semi-circular moulded ribs running vertically from the bulbous transverse collar above the foot. The foot is in the form of a single pointed hoof, triangular in section below the collar and semi circular in section above the collar, angled on the base to provide a stable standing surface. There is black organic material adhering to the surface of the leg, which was burnt on to the surface when the cauldron was standing near the fire. Butler & Green (2003) illustrate similar legs with ribs and hooves attached to a posnet on…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2016
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Record ID: CORN-4653FE
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy leg and part of a foot from a cauldron, rectangular in plan, L-shaped in profile and lozenge-shaped in section. There is one central rib running vertically down the centre of the leg, from the broken upper edge to the top of the foot, where it starts to angle downwards towards the base. Most of the foot is missing and worn away with one projection which still has a layer of burnt material covering it, showing that it has not been broken since it was used. This 'toe' of the foot is not in the usual curved claw form but instead has a straight rectangular chamfer from t…
Created on: Friday 23rd September 2016
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: CORN-298536
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body fragment of a cast copper alloy cauldron with two external horizontal ribs or cordons and sooting on the interior and exterior. The cordons are 4 mm in thickness and 10 mm apart. The fragment appears to come from the waist area as it convex in profile, curving inwards towards the rim at the upper edge and inwards towards the base at the lower edge. The curvature of fragment suggests that cauldron would have been about 300 mm in diameter. The burnt organic matter would have attached itself to the surface of the fragment when it was close to the fire, during use. The pair of par…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2016
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Record ID: CORN-177921
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cauldron foot, plano-convex in plan and section, and L-shaped in profile. There is one central rib running vertically down the centre of the foot, from the broken upper edge to the top of the foot, where it starts to angle downwards towards the base. The foot is flat and undecorated and the base is flat with some burnt black accretions. The 'toe' of the foot is not in the usual curved claw form but instead has a straight rectangular chamfer from the upper edge to the base, at about a 45 degree angle. The back of the base is curved and has a slight ridge or heel. The …
Created on: Saturday 27th August 2016
Last updated: Saturday 27th August 2016
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Record ID: CORN-BD0487
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy cauldron leg, triangular in plan, profile and section. The leg has five vertical ribs on the exterior: a large central mid-rib, flanked by two slightly narrower ribs on either side, and tapering from the triangular fragment of the body of the vessel at its upper end, to a pointed end at its foot. The back of the leg is flat and the end of the foot is worn, particularly on the back from use wear, so that it looks deliberately narrowed or pinched. Most of the surface is covered in burnt black organic matter which shows its exposure to the fire while it was being used f…
Created on: Friday 29th July 2016
Last updated: Sunday 29th July 2018
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Record ID: CORN-4A7BE4
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large cast copper alloy cauldron leg and foot, rectangular in plan, triangular in profile and semi-circular in section. There are four defined moulded ribs running vertically from the broken end to the transverse collar, which then continue and expand into five claws below the collar, curving outwards towards the base of the everted foot. The ends of several of the claws have been damaged through use, and would have originally formed a neat curved edge. The broken upper edge would have continued and expanded to the angled and everted attachment end. This end would have been attached t…
Created on: Sunday 24th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2016
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Record ID: CORN-B0C3D8
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy leg and foot from a cauldron, sub-rectangular in plan, L-shaped in profile and semi-circular in section. The foot has three moulded ribs running vertically down the leg until they meet the foot which flanges outwards to a point forming a triangular base. The back of the foot is flat and at right angles to the base. The surface of the leg is corroded with black patches of burnt organic material on the base, back and upper face of the foot. The leg is poorly cast but also may have had some heat applied to it to melt it down which could have caused its uneven…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2016
Last updated: Saturday 25th June 2016
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Record ID: CORN-B0AA8F
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy cauldron foot, trapezium-shaped in plan, triangular in profile and rectangular in section, broken at the point where it would have attached to a leg to support one side of a cauldron. The upper surface of the foot is smooth and has never had ribs or claws, and the base is slightly hollowed. The end of the foot has been filed and polished to create a chamfered edge. The angle of the foot to the leg suggests that it might have been from the back leg which supported more weight. Butler and Green (2003) illustrate a cauldron with similar feet from mid Wales, now in th…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2016
Last updated: Saturday 25th June 2016
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