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Pot/Bucket Parts, handles, mounts all ages Bronze skillet, ewer and cauldron fragments. |
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During the early Middle Ages earthenware cooking vessels were used. By the 1300s pottery had been replaced by metal, usually bronze, an alloy of tin and copper.
The most common shape was the cauldron with three legs and an angular handle at either side of the neck. These pots were either hung from a chain over the fire, or stood directly in the flames.
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Medieval bronze bucket handle mount 84.33g, 28.39mm W,32.16 L x 23.84mm T
A deep circular hollow in the back of the head is for the attachment of a handle and the break at the neck is where the head would have been soldered to the side of the vessel The mount represents the laver's greatest point of weakness and thus its most vulnerable point of weakness. A complete laver with female head mounts is in the collections of the British Museum (Cat No MME 1956, 7-2,1) '
Fantastic find 1stC BC Celtic bucket mount - The bird probably a raven would be one of a series used as decoration around the top of the bucket. The bucket was used in sacrifial or religious ceremonies In Celtic mythology birds were represented as the messengers of the gods
34.02mm L, 5.28g Huge Roman bronze animal head mount - possible bucket or pot mount - looks like it is a bird with a hooked beak but it could also be an elephant 80.24g, 29.32mm L x 28.5mm dia Roman bronze bucket handle mount C 1stC AD Celtic drinking vessel spout - face decoration 34.94mm W x 20.63mm L - 27.20g Stunning Roman mount with face decoration Roman Eagles head bronze votive offering/mount Roman animal headed bucket mount Roman bronze vessel mount Roman bronze bust mount Roman animal headed mount - gilding remains |
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Roman
bucket loop |
Roman
bronze bucket handle mount 24.8g, 56.63mm L x 26.25mm w |
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Lower
part of leg from a cauldron |
Leg
from a ewer |
Bucket
handle part |
Bowl
foot |
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Lower
part of leg from a cauldron |
Leg
from a ewer |
Leg
from a ewer |
Foot
from a small bowl or statue |
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Leg
from a ewer |
Pot
foot |
Lower
part of leg from a cauldron |
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Bowl
leg |
Bowl
leg |
Bronze
Pot shard |
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Foot
from a small bowl or statue |
Lower
part of leg from a cauldron |
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Roman
bronze 'lion head' cauldron mount |
Lower
part of leg from a cauldron |
Bronze
Pot shard |
Bronze
Pot shard |
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Georgian
bowl leg |
Leg
from a ewer |
Medieval
complete bronze pot leg |
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Medieval bronze pot legs and feet Monster sized medieval bronze pot leg 92mm L - Georgian watch winder for size
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Medieval pot handles
Medieval pot rest ? Unusual huge bronze pot foot - not the normal medieval type so possbly Roman - need to study my ref books
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Roman/British bronze handle or leg ? 42.48 mm L x 15.92 mm W
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Medieval Chaffing dish handles |
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