https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png UKDFD Recording Software https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ Bronze vessel fragments https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments.html Bronze Vessel Leg https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/bronze-vessel-leg-58948.html Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:59:20 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Bronze Vessel Leg  
Description: The leg of a bronze vessel (cauldron, skillet, etc.). Vessel fragments of this type are difficult to date closely.
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Vessel Handle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/vessel-handle-57487.html Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:47:25 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Vessel Handle  
Description: A plain vessel handle, fractured at the attachment end, dating from the late medieval to post-medieval period. The smooth slender handle is generally D-shaped in section and tongue-shaped in plan, with a tapered terminal end. 

Handles of this form were attached to skillets or posnets for a long time period and close dating is difficult. See IOW-26A471, WAW-B27614 & UKDFD 43674 as similar examples.
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Vessel Handle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/vessel-handle-56863.html Mon, 20 Jun 2022 19:11:04 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Vessel Handle  
Description: A cast copper-alloy handle from a tankard or similar small vessel. The handle is comma-shaped and tapered, with a sub-square shoulder flange at the attachment end. A short square integral rivet for attachment to a thin-walled vessel protrudes from the centre of the flange. The rivet is square to prevent rotation of the handle about the single attachment point.
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Zoomorphic Terminal https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/zoomorphic-terminal-56673.html Sun, 06 Mar 2022 17:12:18 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Zoomorphic Terminal  
Description: A cast copper-alloy zoomorphic terminal in the form of an animal head with long curved neck. The head has an elongated snout or beak, two impressed dots for eyes and moulded ears. There is a short triangular-shaped cusp projecting at the throat, and below, the remaining neck appears oval in section and ends with no evidence of further moulding.

The object is presently enigmatic. Its form, although very simple, appears to be influenced by Romanesque design which likely dates it to the medieval period. SWYOR-F977F1 is another example of this object, also with a fracture to the neck element in the same place. The object could have been utilised to suspend a vessel in the same manner as mounts attached to earlier Anglo-Saxon hanging bowls, (example, SF-C74ECE), but the lack of body in both cases makes this identification only plausible.
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Chafing Dish Handle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/chafing-dish-handle-25549.html Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Chafing Dish Handle  
Description: A chafing dish handle of early post-medieval date. The handle comprises a fixed element in the style of a human figurehead (rather like a ship's figurehead), and a hinged swinging arm. The former was riveted to the side of the dish. The latter was used to prevent burnt hands when lifting and moving it. Chafing dishes were typically filled with glowing charcoal and used to keep dishes and plates of food warm at the table.

Gordon Bailey (see References below) illustrates two types of chafing dish, designated Type A and Type B, the present handle probably being from one of Type B. This type was supported on downward extensions from the handles, for which three were required to form a tripod and provide stability. An example of a handle from a Type A dish is recorded as UKDFD 56048. Dishes of this type were fabricated with an integral base on the underside of the bowl, and were fitted with two diametrically opposite handles. 
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Chafing Dish Handle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/chafing-dish-handle-56048.html Wed, 21 Apr 2021 16:03:09 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Chafing Dish Handle  
Description: A chafing dish handle of early post-medieval date. The handle comprises a fixed element in the style of a human figurehead (rather like a ship's figurehead), and a hinged swinging arm. The former was attached to the side of the dish. The latter was used to prevent burnt hands when lifting and moving it. Chafing dishes were typically filled with glowing charcoal and used to keep dishes and plates of food warm at the table.

Gordon Bailey (see References below) illustrates two types of chafing dish, designated Type A and Type B, the present handle probably being from one of Type A. This type was fabricated with an integral base on the underside of the bowl, and was fitted with two diametrically opposite handles. An example of a handle from a Type B dish is recorded as UKDFD 25549. Dishes of this type were supported on downward extensions from the handles, for which three were required to form a tripod and provide stability.
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Bronze Vessel Leg https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/bronze-vessel-leg-55128.html Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:59:43 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Bronze Vessel Leg  
Description: The leg of a bronze vessel (cauldron, skillet, etc.) Vessel fragments of this type are difficult to date closely.
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Bronze Vessel Leg https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/bronze-vessel-leg-55010.html Fri, 07 Feb 2020 14:52:21 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Bronze Vessel Leg  
Description: The leg of a bronze vessel (cauldron, skillet, etc.). Vessel fragments of this type are difficult to date closely.
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Vessel Handle https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/vessel-handle-54907.html Sun, 15 Dec 2019 17:17:12 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Vessel Handle  
Description: A cast copper-alloy fragment of zoomorphic vessel (posnet or skillet) handle dating to the late medieval period. The surviving part is the terminal end of the handle, angling downwards with a hollow moulded dog's head being the prominent feature. The incomplete flat handle element has incised geometric decoration to the upper surface, the underside is plain.

Geometric designs applied to cast cooking vessels are typically characteristic of those made in the late medieval or early post-medieval period (c.15th-16th century). Similar linear decoration can be noted applied to vessel handle; UKDFD 24164. The zoomorphic feature, however, can be stylistically compared to another form of vessel embellishment; UKDFD 48878, dating to the late medieval period.

Also worth noting; YORM-E78C46, SOMDOR-A4DD44, SOMDOR-669906, & SWYOR-B44D10
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
]]> Bronze Vessel Leg https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/medieval/bronze-vessel-fragments/bronze-vessel-leg-54856.html Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:34:33 GMT Bronze vessel fragments Bronze Vessel Leg  
Description: The leg of a bronze vessel (cauldron, skillet, etc.). Vessel fragments of this type are difficult to date closely.
Category: Medieval, Bronze vessel fragments
Category: Bronze vessel fragments
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