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Early Iron Age bronze cauldron
Built up of five tiers of sheet copper alloy rivetted together with conical-headed rivets. The topmost tier forms the shoulder, everted flange and rim. The angle formed by the shoulder and flange is reinforced with a tube of heavier metal, over which the plate has been bent. Two ring-handles are held to the cauldron by means of grooved staples cast direct on to the flange. The lip is worn as though by placing the cauldron mouth downwards; also, the bottom is compressed and damaged.
This cauldron could hold about 50 litres of stew, enough to feed 30-50 people. It was suspended by its handles over a fire during special feasting events. It was designed to impress. Sheets of bronze were hammered to shape by hand, then carefully riveted together.
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Site Name: Llyn Fawr, Rhigos
Notes: "found a little later" than and "near and in similar circumstances" to the main collection of the hoard under accession number 12.11 during the drainage of the lake for the construction of the reservoir (quotations taken from letters by George Stow to the Museum in 1936 and 1938, now in the accession file)
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