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Description: | A Post-Medieval (16th century AD) pewter spoon. The spoon has a shallow, round-ended fig-shaped bowl with a slip top hexagonal stem. The bowl is slightly cracked at the edges near the junction of the bowl and stem; the finder has repaired the spoon. There is a maker??s mark on the bowl near the junction of the stem with the handle. The maker??s mark comprises the initials ??NB?? above the maker??s mark are the initials of the owner ??MWA??; the M above the WA.
Similar spoons are published in Egan, G., 1998. The Medieval Household. Daily Living c1150-c1450. Medieval Finds From Excavations in London: 6. London: The Stationery Office. Pages: 247-251; Nos 750, 753, 757, 770.
Dimensions: length of spoon: 165.45 mm; length of stem: 96.49 mm; diameter of bowl: 47.95 width of stem: 7.28 mm; weight: 41.59 g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Sumnall, Kate - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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