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Description: | Post Medieval cast terminal and part of the handle from a copper alloy spoon. The terminal is of the 'seal-top' type with a flat, oval top which has lost c.15% to a chip on one side. This terminal sits above a constriction below which is an oval shaped expansion. Following this down the stem, is a constriction, then a narrower, oval collar. The stem is oval in cross section, 3.6 by 3.3 mm at its widest point, and ends in an old break. The terminal is 11.9 mm by 10.2mm and the entire piece is 34.3 mm long; it weighs 4.23 grams.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 although none are visible on this example.
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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