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CHAFING DISH
Unique ID: WMID-43A0F7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A probable fragment from a projecting dish-support from a post-medieval chafing dish. The fragment is anthropomorphic in shape and style and is decorated on both sides with incised lines forming the hair, facial features and dress of a man. The execution is quite crude, although the design is the same on both sides. The fragment measures 40.1 mm long, 19.2 mm wide, 2.75 mm thick and weighs 9.7 grams.
This support, along with two others, would probably have extended from the chafing dish much like the figure on a prow of a ship. The chafing dish would have been filled with charcoal and other dishes placed over it, resting on the supports, so that food could be kept warm.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.1 mm
Width: 19.2 mm
Thickness: 2.75 mm
Weight: 9.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Thursday 1st July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Drayton Bassett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1999
Four figure Latitude: 52.588475
Four figure longitude: -1.720984
1:25K map: SP1999
1:10K map: SP19NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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