Record ID: LANCUM-0CFCC5 - POST MEDIEVAL chafing dish

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CHAFING DISH

Unique ID: LANCUM-0CFCC5

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Cast cu-alloy chafing dish fragment

Cast cu-alloy rim fragment of an early post-medieval chafing dish dating from the 16th century. Only part of the rim and one of the characteristic 'spikes' survive. The dish was undecorated, but there are some mouldings and thin grooves on the inside and outside. The spike is triangular in plan with a trapzoidal cross-section.

Chafing dishes were domestic utensils made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other combustible material. This was then used to cook food or keep it hot at the table. This particular fragment is from a B2 chafing-dish. This type of dish dates to the 16th century (Lewis: 1973, 'Some types of metal chafing-dish', Antiquaries Journal, Volume 53 pp. 60-70 Society of Antiquaries).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Length: 74.3 mm
Width: 28.33 mm
Thickness: 1.79 mm
Weight: 46.27 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: North West
County: Cumbria
District: Barrow In Furness
To be known as: Lindal

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 11th February 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Dot Boughton - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Dot Boughton - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Dr Naomi Payne - [view all attributed records]

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