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Description: | A possible cast copper alloy toilet spoon which may be of Roman date. The bowl of the spoon is flat and oval (18.5mm long by 9.79mm wide by 1.3mm thick) with a slight forward bend. The shaft is 19.83mm in length with a rectangular cross section and there is a hint of a collar at the bowl end. The stem widens towards the end, where there is a broken suspension loop which is turned through ninety degrees. The bowl is decorated with two incised concentric circles with a central circular depression. Around the edge of the bowl there are traces of a encircling band of incised dots. The object has a slightly uneven mid-brown patina and there is some damage around the edges. The presence of a suspension loop suggests that the spoon may have come from a toilet set (chateleine). However, the bowl seems too large to have served as an ear scoop and it is possible that the object may have served another purpose, for example a pendant.
Weight: 1.65g | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
410 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Naomi Payne | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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