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Description: | A broken cast copper-alloy chafing dish handle. The frame was probably originally sub-trapezoidal in plan, although the bottom bar is broken and missing. At the top, the shortest side, there is an attachment lug which pivots on the bar. The lug still retains the circular rivet which would have fixed the handle to one side of the chafing dish. It measures 52 mm long, 14.9 mm wide and weighs 28.2 grams. 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.
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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