chafing dish; chafing dish stand

Chafing dish set, including a tripod, water bowl, heating vessel with lid, a pan and a lid. Consists of a circular chafing dish tripod stand with three legs, that is made of metal, a chafing dish water bowl, made from white metal and plated in a copper-coloured metal. The dish is circular and shallow, with two handles. Chafing dish heating vessel that is made from metal. The device is made from a round shallow bowl with handle. Attached to the handle is another length of metal with a circle of metal at one end that goes over the hole in the lid. There is a lid that fits over the bowl with a rough hole cut in the middle. Chafing dish pan with a handle with a turned wooden handle. The pan is round and made of white metal and plated. Chafing dish lid which is round and decorated. There is a metal knob at the top and centre of the lid.

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