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CHAFING DISH
Unique ID: YORYM-899B48
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper-alloy attachment lug from a chafing dish handle of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1400 - 1600.
The lug is C-shaped with a flaring rectangular element from which a circular sectioned shaft projects. This shaft would have passed through the wall of the vessel to allow the handle to hang freely.
File marks are present over the surfaces of the object.
The metal has a mid-green patina and is in fair condition. The object is 30.3mm long, 13.4mm wide, 8.6mm thick and weighs 162g.
Along with a heart-shaped frame, this lug would have formed the handle of a chafing dish; a vessel that would have been filled with smouldering charcoal and used to keep food warm.
Similar lugs have been recorded as YORYM-74D36C, LIN-0CF4AF and YORYM-7D412B. A complete chafing dish handle of this form is: LANCUM-8C779B which states "Margeson (1983) notes that similar forms of handle are found on both 15th/16th century chafing dishes and cupboard doors. Illustrated in Norwich Households is a similar example (no 491) which is dated to the Late medieval and Early Post Medieval period. Bailey (2000:p.59) also illustrates similar examples (Fig.8) dating to the 15th to 18th centuries. He also illustrates an example of a complete chafing dish (Type A) with heart shaped attachment handles".
Class: handle lug
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: 30.3 mm
Width: 13.4 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 16.2 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05674
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: North Yorkshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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