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CHAFING DISH

Unique ID: SUR-FDDB15

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment comprising the lower part of a post medieval cast copper alloy chafing dish support . The fragment is broken across a hole on which was attached a pivotting arm. The terminal is zoomorphic; the missing upper terminal was anthropomorphic.

Class: dish support
Sub class: Lewis type F

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: 74.7 mm
Width: 53.83 mm
Weight: 25.79 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th October 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 14-1359

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Whitchurch (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8021
Four figure Latitude: 51.8818338
Four figure longitude: -0.83915706
1:25K map: SP8021
1:10K map: SP82SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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