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VESSEL
Unique ID: ESS-423F84
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post Medieval (16th - 17th century) cast copper alloy dish support from a chafing dish. The support is incomplete, comprised of an incomplete hinged swinging arm. The arm would have been attached to the main body of the vessel, and is in the form of a flat curved bar with a terminal in the form of a human head. The head has cast facial features and hair. The other end of the bar worn break, across the circular hole for the hinge mechanism. Hinged arms could be swivelled over the top of the bracket, either to hold plates above the charcoal, or as a handle to avoid burns to the hands whilst moving the vessel. The artefact has a dark green patina, and the surface is slightly worn. The arm is 35.95mm long, 10.344 wide expanding to 18.32mm at the head-shaped terminal, it is 4.72mm thick and weighs 12.81 g
Class:
chafing dish
Sub class: Supporting Arm
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.95 mm
Thickness: 4.72 mm
Weight: 12.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 19th October 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NS1738
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Hormead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL4029
Four figure Latitude: 51.941894
Four figure longitude: 0.035312
1:25K map: TL4029
1:10K map: TL42NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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