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VESSEL
Unique ID: PUBLIC-CA93E6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy drop- or loop-handle from a chafing dish dating from the late medieval or post-medieval period, (1400-1600 AD). Both handle and attachment loop survive. The handle is shaped like an inverted openwork letter T with filed chamfered edges. The handle has a shouldered attachment loop, rectangular sectioned with collared integral rivet. The perforation holding the handle is off-centre and has probably been mis-cast or mis-drilled. Both the handle and the attachment plug look very worn. For similar examples see Egan (1998) 175, fig.143, no.487, and Margeson (1993) Norwich Households 78-80, fig.45, nos.489-91. Similar examples can be seen on the database recorded as both chafing dishes NMS-91CC97 and as casket handles,KENT-5E5F87.
Class:
chafing dish
Sub class: Lewis no type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 80.3 mm
Width: 60.38 mm
Thickness: 7.1 mm
Weight: 121.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
To be known as: Tenterden
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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