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Description: | An incomplete silvered copper alloy spoon with the round bowl, measuring 22mm in diameter and 5mm in depth. The first 26mm of the stem is surviving, which is circular in cross-section and tapers to the break at the handle end.
The inside of the bowl shows tight series of smooth concentric circles, done as the spoon was either turned or polished. The reverse of the bowl is highly decorated with a floreate motif constructed by tight lines of punched dots. There is a line of punched dots running across the centre of the reverse at a right angle to the stem. Around the rest of the bowl are eight hooked tendrils. The stem of the spoon tapers on the reverse of the bowl and extends slightly beyond the centre, tapering to a point. The reverse of the stem on the underside of the bowl is decorated with incised or punched chevrons.
Identical round bowl metal spoons have been discovered at Colchester and date to the second half of the 1st century and the 2nd century. It is suggested that these spoons were perhaps used to eat eggs (Crummy 1983, p69-70, Fig 73, No, 2008). | 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
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adam Daubney | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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