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Description: | A fragment from the handle of a post-medieval cast lead-tin alloy spoon. The fragment is the worn and abraded handle terminal, slightly bent downwards at the terminal end. The terminal is expanded (W.: 21.5mm), and tapers towards the break (W.: 10.0mm). The lower surface is plain; the upper surface features moulded decoration in low relief. Within the expanded terminal is a laureate and draped bust facing right. Below, on the stem, curving, foliate decoration emerges from the edges. This fragment is dated to the late 17th/early 18th-century on the basis of a similar example illustrated in Read (1995, 155; ref.: 1047) and the affinity the bust has with coins of William III (r. 1688-1702 AD).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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