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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy spoon of Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval date (c. AD 1400 - c. AD 1650). Length 62.0mm, width 35.0mm and maximum thickness 2.8mm. Weight 9.07g.
Part of the stem and bowl are missing due to old breaks. The stem is 32mm in length and has a maximum thickness of 2.8mm. It is roughly rectangular in cross-section but has slightly convex sides and tapers slightly from the bowl towards the break. Where the stem joins the bowl it has a width of 7.9mm and at the break the width is 5.3mm. The bowl has a maximum thickness of 0.7mm. It is shallow and when complete it was probably "fig-shaped" in plan. On the inside of the bowl, at the centre and close to the stem, is an indistinguishable maker's mark consisting of a small circular field 6.5mm in diameter, within which is a circular flower motif. However this is corroded and cannot be described in detail.
The spoon is in poor condition and small patches of a dark green patina survive on the rear face of the bowl. The surface colour of the metal is reddish. | 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
1650 | 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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