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Record ID: DOR-170D36
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy handle lug probably from a chafing dish handle. The lug is thick and oval in shape with a collar at one end. Projecting from this end is stub of a circular rivet which would have attached the lug to the vessel wall. The lug has a large, slightly off-centre and sub-circular hole through which the handle would have attached. The hole shows signs of wear. Chafing dishes were vessels made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other material on which food was cooked or kept warm at the table. This particular handle is from a B, C or D chafing-dish (Lew…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2011
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Record ID: DOR-A5E031
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy lug from a chafing dish handle. Broadly oval in plan, the lug is broken at the attachment edn. It has a large circular, off-centre piercing through which the dhandl woud have been attached. All the surfaces have file marks on them. For a parallel see SUSS-DC2D20. Date: Late Medieval - Post- Medieval - 15th to 16th century Dimensions: 17.32 mm x 13.19 mm x 7.15 mm Weight: 7.94 g
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
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