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Description: | A gilded cast baluster seal knop from a copper-alloy ('latten') spoon handle, broken above the handle. The elaborate knop has a cruciform cross-section at the point at which it is broken. The baluster is divided into four fields divided by longitudinal ridges within each of which a pellet surrounded by a penannular ring with small sub-rectangular elements below. Above the baluster is a ridged collar, above which a waist. Between this latter and the circular seal top, is a larger collar decorated with longitudinal slashes (Dia.: 8.6mm). The waist above is also decorated with longitudinal incisions. The seal top is seemingly formed of three thin discs each of increasing diameter. The top itself is 14.3mm in diameter and flat on the upper side. This type of spoon knop was common from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century. Moore (1999, 5) attributes their contemporary popularity to the fact that the owner's and donor's initials could be pricked or engraved onto the disc. This example, however, is seemingly plain, albeit corroded. Moore (1999, 5) also highlights the fact that such knops were cast separately and then soldered to the handle; this perhaps explains the nature of this fragmentary survival. Gilding survives over the majority of the fragment; a corroded mid-green metal can be seen below in places.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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