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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy spoon, dating from the post-medieval period or later. Length: 54.4mm; width: 30.4mm; mass: 6.7g. The spoon consists of a broken hexagonal-sectioned stem attached to an incomplete bowl. The stem is bent backwards, the break is not recent. The bowl is dished and the lower portion is missing; the original shape is unclear. There is a small support tapering from the base of the stem onto the base of the bowl. The loss of material from the lower portion of the bowl does not appear to be recent. Within the bowl there is a makers stamp near to the stem. This is rather unclear but appears to be a lis formed by a lozenge shaped central fleur, with side-fleurs consisting of scrolls to either side. The spoon has a pitted green surface.
In: ??Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition??, Egan notes that the Pewterers Guild had since at least the 1560??s actively worked against manufacture of spoons in copper alloy (2005, p.117). But by the late 17th century this monopoly may have been seriously eroded, as copper alloy spoons have been excavated in London within late 17th century contexts (ibid.). Such spoons include a form with a hexagonal-sectioned stem with a fig shaped bowl and a makers mark near to the stem. The incomplete state of the spoon recorded here complicates dating, but it is possibly post-medieval, late 17th century, or later. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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