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Description: | A corroded cast terminal and part of the handle from a copper alloy ('latten') spoon handle. The terminal is of the 'baluster' or 'seal-top' type with a flat oval top above a constriction below which is a broad oval sectioned, circular profiled collar, then a further constriction and second, narrower, oval collar. The remaining stem is oval in cross section, 4.3 by 2.7mm, it bends over towards the end and ends in an old break.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. On this example corrosion renders any potential initials difficuly to discern, there may be an S or other curved letter. It is 11.8mm by 10.4mm at the top, the terminal is 12.2mm long and the eintire piece 36.8mm long; it weighs 4.16 grams.
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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