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title: Elizabethan Trencher Plate
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12448/elizabethan-trencher-plate/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Elizabethan Trencher Plate
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/12448.png)
## Image Caption
An Elizabethan trencher (wooden plate) with lid. c. 1600 CE. (British Museum, London)
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Museum, T. B. (2020, July 08). Elizabethan Trencher Plate. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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