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Description: | Copper alloy spoon handle terminal of the baluster knop type. The terminal starts with a small knop in the centre of a disc with a flat top and convex base. Below the disc the terminal narrows then expands to an oval knop then a small collar followed by a larger one. Following the second collar is a waisted middle which then flares to a second oval knop. below this the terminal narrows with two final collars and then the narrow handle. The handle has broken just after the narrowing and has been lost. The break is old and worn. It measures 31.1mm in length, 12.4mm in diameter, 7.4mm excluding the disk and weighs 6.90gSpoon knops of this type are illustrated in Homer (1975, 28), which he dates from the mid 16th to mid 17th century.
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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