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Description: | An incomplete Early Post-Medieval (1650-1700) copper alloy (probably latten) tinned spoon, consisting of the bowl and part of the flat handle only. On the inside surface of the bowl much of the tinning remains, although it is mostly missing on the underside. There are only small traces on the handle. The incomplete spoon measures 104.52mm in length and 47.40mm in max.width. It weighs 27.7g.The bowl is widest at the 'stem' end, narrowing slightly to the opposite end. It is 1.37mm thick and c.65mm long.. On the inside, just below where the stem extends, is a circular Maker's mark, two circles above and either side of a worn triangular shape. This is surrounded by a circle of punch marks. An indentation is apparent on the reverse in the same place.The handle is flat and 7.29x2.24mm wide.We have no information about latten spoon makers and their marks remain enigmatic. Spoons were tinned to prevent the bronze in the copper alloy tainting the food. Cf. an example from Kington St Michael, Wiltshire, WILT-442367. The bowl shape is very similar to this, which has been dated as circa 1650 by Hazel Forsyth at the Museum of London.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.
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