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Description: | A cast copper alloy chafing dish handle. The handle has a trapezoid frame in plan, with rounded corners and the three concave sides; the fourth, straight side is the shortest side with the attachment lug. It is square in cross section. The attachment fitting to the chafing dish is still in place. This is a thick, flat lug, oval in plan with a square projection to one side from which projects the short, broad, circular rivet that went through the side of the vessel. It measures 43.8mm long, 54.6mm long including the the attachment loop, 54.6mm wide and 6.8mm thick. The attachment lug is 23.3mm long, 15.4mm wide and 10.1mm thick. It weighs 40.46g.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. This particular handle is from a type D1 chafing-dish. This type of dish dates to the 16th century (Lewis, J.M. 1973 'Some types of metal chafing-dish' Antiquaries Journal, Volume 53 pp. 60-70 Society of Antiquaries).A very similar handle was found nearby (SUSS-408218) and they maybe from the same vessel. They are slightly different sizes however, this one is milimeteres bigger in most dimentions, suggesting they were not made in the same mould.
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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