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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy spoon of probable Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date (c. AD 1450 - c. AD 1550). Length 16.0mm, maximum diameter 9.8mm. Weight 3.87g.
The object is solid and cast in one piece and consists of a small length of the stem and a complete "writhen" knop. The stem has a length of 4.0mm and is sub-circular in cross-section with a maximum diameter of 4.2mm. It has an old abraded break. The knop, ovoid in form, has a maximum diameter of 9.8mm, and has a nipple at its apex. Five deep grooves spiral in a clockwise direction from its junction with the stem towards the nipple.
The artefact is generally corroded. However, small areas of a light green patina are present.
Read (2001, 92, fig. 62, ref. 712) has suggested a c. fifteenth century date for a lead or lead/tin alloy spoon with a writhen knop. However, the knop on this spoon is spheroidal in form and the stem is hexagonal in cross-section.
Three pewter spoons with writhen knops from London (Ward Perkins 1940, 132) have been dated to the late fifteenth century and a fourth spoon with a maker's mark, a flower (?), is dated to the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. | 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: | 1450
1550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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