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Description: | Cast copper alloy rim fragment of an early Late Medieval (c.1400-1500) chafing dish. Only part of the rim and one of the characteristic 'spikes' survive. It appears to be roughly flat on top, the side becoming steeper towards the inside. An integrally cast vessel support angles upwards and outwards from the upper surface of the rim. It is trapazoidal in section, the thickness tapering to a flat top. The end of the rim is smooth and finished, suggesting this was the end of the dish rim. The rim has thin grooves on the inside and outside but is otherwise undecorated. The fragment has a dark grey-green patina. Please also see PAS record ID: BH-391592.Chafing dishes were domestic utensils made of metal or earthenware for holding burning charcoal or other combustible material. This was then used for cooking or to keep food hot at the table, the food being in another vessel which would have rested above the coals on these supports round the rim of the chafing dish.Length: 34.3mm; Width: 30.3mm; Thickness: 10.3mm; Weight: 22g
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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