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LOT 1459
Tudor Figural Chafing Dish Mount
16TH CENTURY A.D.
1 1/4 in. (11.1 grams, 33 mm).
A bifacial anthropomorphic copper-alloy chafing dish mount, comprising a flat plate in the shape of a man's head and torso in profile, incised on both sides outlining stylised facial features and a hood or cap. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found near Brenzett, Kent, UK.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no. KENT-561C41.
Literature
Cf. Bailey, G., Detector Finds 4, pp.58-59, for similar.
Footnotes
The PAS report dates this item to 1575-1650. Such supports were used in sets of three on chafing dishes. Scholars believe they were produced in Germany, Denmark and the Low Countries from 1575 onwards, remaining in use in poorer households until the middle of the 18th century A.D. Such a find is rare in England.
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