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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 appears sub-triangular due to slight projecting knops at three points around the edge, it is not clear if the projection is due to the rest of the edge wearing around them. This terminal sits above a constriction below which is an oval shaped expansion (bead). Following this down the stem is a constriction, then a narrower, oval collar, a slight constriction and an elongated expansion then a wider constriction before the stub of the stem. The stem appears to be oval in section but has broken right at the top. It is 22.9mm long, 11.9mm by 10.4mm and weighs 4.95 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. Seal top spoons terminals were often made seperately from the handles and then pieced in (ibid:6), perhaps explaining the very rounded break just below the terminal 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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