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Cast copper alloy chafing dish handle
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Dot Boughton, 2011-05-26 15:23:14
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Cast copper alloy chafing dish handle
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English: A complete cast copper alloy copper-alloy chafing dish handle dating from the early post-medieval period, i.e. c. AD1500-1600. 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 c. 7mm x 4mm.
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 c.7mm. Handle: 47.24 x 58.26 x 5mm. Overall length: 62.1mm. Overall weight: 38.29g. 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.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Cumbria
Date between 1500 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 444368
Old ref: LANCUM-E5C301
Filename: KDMDNVE5C301.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/329507
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/329507/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/444368
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