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Description: | Bowl and short section of stem from a Post Medieval copper alloy (latten) spoon. Most of the handle is missing from an old break, it is flattened oval in section. The bowl is fig shaped; there is a small triangular support on the back where it joins the stem. There is a circular makers mark stamped on the inside of the bowl near the stem. It is appears to be three spoons arranged stem-bowl-stem flanked by unclear initials all within a double border. The surface is highly corroded on the back, less so on the inner side, both have remains of a tinned surface. It is 78.9mm long including the stem, 59.3mm long excluding it; the bowl is 45.8mm across by 7.5mm deep, it weighs 18.40 grams.In "Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition", Egan notes that the Pewterers Guild had since at least the 1560's actively worked against manufacture of spoons in copper alloy (2005, p.117). But by the late 17th century this monopoly may have been seriously eroded, as copper alloy spoons have been excavated in London within late 17th century contexts (ibid.). Such spoons include flat stemmed types with fig shaped bowls and a makers mark near to the stem. Egan (ibid) illustrates pewter spoons with makers mark of similar form but not identical to this (ie initials flanking two spoons) (p119-121, no.582 and 586) from later 17th to 18th century contexts.
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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