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Description: | Copper alloy chafing dish handle dating from the 16th - 17th century. Chafing dishes were used to keep food warm at the table (to 'chafe' means to keep warm). Chafing dishes would have had either two or three handles like this one which could swing freely. The handle is triangular in shape and square in section with a bar across the point of the triangle at which it would join the bowl. The handle was joined to the bowl via an attachment loop so that it could swing freely and would hang downwards when not in use. The loop remains in place; it has a rectangular section and a round perforation through which the handle goes. The handle weighs 28.5g and measures 55mm in length (altogether), 51.4mm in width and 15.32mm in thickness.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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