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VESSEL
Unique ID: NMS-191BF5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Small fragment of a medieval to post-medieval copper alloy handle from a chafing dish. The complete object would have been an inverted T-shaped frame. Only part of one hexagonal-sectioned side is extant. It exhibits profuse file marks and the front face is decorated with punched annulets. Extant height and width 22 and 27mm. Cf. NMS-572AF8, a similarly decorated fragment, and IOW-600408, a complete example. c.1450 - c.1550.
Class: chafing dish
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 22 mm
Width: 27 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 27th March 2013 - Wednesday 27th March 2013
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53033
Other reference: SC032015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Langley with Hardley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG3801
Four figure Latitude: 52.55476023
Four figure longitude: 1.50942784
1:25K map: TG3801
1:10K map: TG30SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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