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Description: | A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy chafing dish handle (c. 1500-c. 1600).This handle has a trapezoid frame in plan. The shortest side with the attachment lug (the top) is straight, the two longer sides that flare out to rounded corners are straight and the lower side has a large 'V'-shaped notch. In general it is an inverted heart shape. It has bevelled corners giving it a hexagon shape in cross-section and its maximum dimensions at the top of the flaring sides is 7.5 x 4.2mm. The attachment lug is sub-oval in plan and roughly sub-rectangular in cross-section. At the attachment end there is a short stubby rivet. At each narrow side there is a slight groove just below the rivet. The hole that holds the handle is sub-oval and has a maximum diameter of 6.8mm.Handle: 49.9 x 52.5 x 4.2mm. Attachment lug: 22.9 x 15.0 x 9.2mm. Overall length: 61.4mm. Overall weight: 39.62g.Both elements have no patina and the metal colour is greenish brown with light green copper-alloy corrosion products. All faces of the handle have file marks and there are also file marks on the narrow sides of the lug.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: 1973, 'Some types of metal chafing-dish', Antiquaries Journal, Volume 53 pp. 60-70 Society of Antiquaries).A very similar handle has been recorded from Little Horsted Parish, East Sussex. See, Portable Antiquities Scheme find: SUSS-E23EA7. However, the flaring sides of the East Sussex handle are slightly concave in plan.
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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