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Monument details

Summary

17th century chafing dish, found in alluvium by the jetty at Cliffe, August 1976. The dish was of a sandy, gritty fabric and its inside was covered in green glaze. Of a type from Surrey kilns - dated to the 17th century by their fabric and glaze.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1600 AD to 1700 AD (between))

Associated Finds

• CHAFING DISH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 706 765] The base of a chafing dish was found in the alluvium by the jetty at Cliffe in August 1976. The ware is sandy and gritty and the inside of the bowl is covered in green glaze. These dishes are from Surrey kilns and are dated on the grounds of their fabric and glaze to the seventeenth century. This example is presumably of the same date. (1) For site in context with others in inter-tidal zone, see (2) and site photographs (3).

<1> Arch Cant 92 1976 230-232 illus (DB Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE36085.

<2> Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, 1994, Inter-tidal archaeology in Kent, p 33 (Unpublished document). SWX9353.

<3> 1993, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10970.

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