Context (Related Documents)
Old handwritten label, formerly tied to object but now broken into three pieces, reads: 'Brass vessel which has been long in use at Balsham. June 1855. Cambridge Antiquarian Society.' Small printed label adhered to corner of larger label reads: '95'.
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Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Production / use)
The catalogue card notes: 'English. Has been long in use at Balsham.' Date: 16th-17th century AD.
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Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Accession register description for Z 40651: ''Brass vessel' cauldron type with tripod feet.'
Event Date 25/5/1985
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy cauldron, cast in two halves, with tripod feet. Possibly of leaded copper alloy. The cauldron has: three short, ribbed legs, each with a triangular cross-section, a triangular foot, and a central ridge that extends upwards to the shoulder; a conical base; a squat body with sides that taper towards the rim; two wide flash lines on opposite sides of the body, and several chaplets; a pattern of slightly raised horizontal, diagonal, and vertical lines on the body; two sharply angled, vertical lug handles between the rim and shoulder; a wide, everted rim with a slight internal thickening.
Event Date 6/2/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad