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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy object, possibly an apothecary spoon or measure (1500-1800).This object consists of part of a handle and a complete bowl. The handle is trapezoidal in cross-section and tapers from the break towards the bowl. The shallow concave bowl is semi-circular in plan and the top flares at each side and meets the evenly curved end. On the upper face of the bowl the edges are flat and the underside of the bowl is convex. Between the handle and the bowl on the underside there is a deep curving groove.The object has a dark green/greyish patina with traces of silvering or tinning. The break is old.Height: 27.37mm; width:15.07mm; thickness: 3.87mm. Weight: 2.16g.Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: HAMP-B687F3; HAMP-F152F2; LON-DBFDA1; SF-4B8801 and SF-4C05A6.A photograph of a parallel was published in the 'Searcher' (Issue 168, August 1999, 10; ref. 168/5), showing that this is a known object type rather than a one-off.
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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