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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-48FEAE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Terminal fragment of a post-medieval anthropomorphic copper alloy chafing dish support. The end of a curving rectangular-sectioned bar with a terminal, widened and slightly thicker, in the form of a grotesque hooded human head, with engraved details on both faces. Lower circular rivet or spindle hole blocked with iron corrosion. Extant length 32mm. Width 17mm, before break 10mm. 3mm thick. For related examples see KENT-31DC31 and WILT-21E836.
This support, along with the two others, would have extended from the upper edge of a chafing dish much like the figure on a prow of a ship. The dish would have been filled with charcoal and other vessels would have been placed over it, resting on the three supports, so that food could be kept warm. This support is from a chafing dish of Lewis's Type F2, which he dates to c.1575-1650 (Lewis, J.M 1973, Antiquaries Journal 53,1, 59-70 'Some types of metal chafing dish').
Notes:
Note that a reference to these objects in Read, B. History Beneath Our Feet. 1995. 164, 1096 stating they are possible 17th C toys or crossbow tensioners is erroneous.
Class:
chafing dish
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 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 29th October 2014 - Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60280
Other reference: AMD012015
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Reepham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0921
Four figure Latitude: 52.74619252
Four figure longitude: 1.09501786
1:25K map: TG0921
1:10K map: TG02SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis, J.M. | 1973 | Some types of metal chafing-dish | 61. Fig 1 | F2 |
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