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Description: | 15th century medieval silver spoon. The handle is formed from a hexagonal sectioned stem that ends with a terminal at one end and is broken at the point it begins to flare into the spoon bowl at the other. The bowl is entirely missing. The terminal is formed from a six-sided cone, set above a narrow neck with a raised band at its base. This style of terminal is referred to as a ?diamond point? and does not come into fashion until the 15th century. A similar example is pictured in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue, 1967, plate XXVII.
The handle is now bent approximately two thirds of the way along its length and there is a clear crack in the surface of the metal. The object has a dull grey appearance with tiny patches of silvery surface on the terminal. The break edge, though not fresh, is unworn, suggesting damage occurred in the recent past. The handle is 82.39mm long, of which 7.68mm is the terminal. The shaft is 3.16mm wide and 2.38mm thick. The object weighs 5.44g. | 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: | 1400
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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