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Description: | A copper alloy knop, probably from a spoon. The knop is sub rectangular with curved corners in section and is baluster shaped. It is 19.3mm long, 8.7mm wide and 8.3mm thick. The sides are decorated with beading and milled bands. There is an ?F? incised in the end. At the opposite end where the knop was attached there is a groove across the base which is filled by a piece of iron which is broken and corroded. The iron is a rich dark brown in colour and the copper alloy has a light brown and dark green patina.
Pewter spoons with iron strengthening rods in the stems are known from London, as are pewter spoons with copper alloy knops, all with post-medieval dates (Egan 2005, 110). Examples can also be seen with initials in the end of the knop. One such example is spoon number 13 in Bailey (2001). This object probably dates from 1560 to 1750. | 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: | 1560
1750 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Amy Downes | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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