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VESSEL
Unique ID: LON-7DF17C
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Post Medieval ceramic fragment from a Border Ware chafing dish, dating from the mid 16th to early 17th century. The sherd includes part of the side wall, rim and one circular lug. The chafing dish bowl was pierced with the surviving fragment having one hole present. The fabric is buff with a yellow ochre glaze covers most of the external and internal surfaces.
Dimensions: length: 62.34mm; width: 66.71mm; thickness: 16.98mm; weight: 49.44g.
Other Border Ware chafing dishes examples can be found in Pearce (1992:186-191).
Reference: Pearce, J. 1992. Post Medieval Pottery in London, 1500-1700: Border Wares. London: HMSO.
Class:
Border Ware
Sub class: Chafing dish
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.34 mm
Width: 66.71 mm
Thickness: 16.98 mm
Weight: 49.44 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Wheel made
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: London (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Greater London Authority (Greater London Authority)
District: City and County of the City of London (London Borough)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ3180
Four figure Latitude: 51.50376016
Four figure longitude: -0.11395435
1:25K map: TQ3180
1:10K map: TQ38SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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