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Description: | Bowl and short section of stem from a Post Medieval copper alloy (latten) spoon. Most of the handle is missing from an old break, it is flattened oval in section with rounded sides and flat front and back. The bowl is oval in plan, narrowing but still convex sided towards the handle; there is no support on the back where it joins the stem. The outer end of the bowl is broken with c. 10% missing to an irregular, corroded break. It is very worn and corroded on both faces and any makers mark is now lost. Both front and back have remains of a tinned surface. It is 74.9mm long including the stem, 55.5mm long excluding it; the bowl is 46.9mm across by 10.7mm deep, it weighs 15.46 grams.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 must 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. Homer (1975:46) illustrates a similar bowl shape from a latten spoon of c.1640, an early to mid 17th century date is also consistent with the flattened stem and lack of a stem support.
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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