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VESSEL
Unique ID: WREX-AF68A8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy handle attachment lug from a chafing dish of Late Medieval or Post-Medieval date (AD c.1400-1600 AD). The lug is sub-oval in plan and sub-rectangular in section with the stub of a circular rivet which would have attached to the vessel wall. The oval faces have a hole drilled through them to hold the handle.
Length: 21.3mm; width: 14.1mm; thickness: 8.38mm; weight: 13g
Notes:
Chafing dishes were domestic utensils made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other combustible material. This was then used to cook food or keep it hot at the table.
Class:
Chaffing dish
Sub class: Handle lug
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.3 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 8.38 mm
Weight: 13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 8th August 2018 - Wednesday 7th November 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NWales PAS 71118/3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Churton by Farndon
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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