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VESSEL
Unique ID: WAW-89AF03
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy cooking vessel foot/leg. In plan it is an bulbous trapezoid with an asymmetrical trefoil shaped foot, probably a debased paw type. The upper edge is a broken edge, which is not recent. In section the leg is oval. The surface is abraded and has traces of a green patina and red copper corrosion. It also has patches of a black deposit which is probably a sooty/carbon deposit. The leg measures 35.93mm tall, 35.63mm wide across the foot and 19.25mm thick. It weighs 85.1g.
It is uncertain what type of vessel this leg comes from, but Egan (Egan G. 1998 The Medieval Household Daily Living c. 1150-c.1450 Museum of London, London, The Stationary Office) comments that commonly used cooking vessels in the Medieval period include skillets, ewers, and cauldrons. These cooking vessels, according to Geake, date from the mid 13th to 16th centuries. Butler and Green (2003 English Bronze Cooking Vessels and Their Founders 1350-1830 Acanthus Press) illustrate vessels which date to the mid 18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1250
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.93 mm
Width: 35.63 mm
Thickness: 19.25 mm
Weight: 85.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010 - Friday 30th April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Tutbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK2028
Four figure Latitude: 52.849134
Four figure longitude: -1.704469
1:25K map: SK2028
1:10K map: SK22NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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