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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly the terminal end from a spoon handle or similar item. The incomplete shaft is rectangular in form and section with faceted corners, tapering towards the square sectioned terminal knop. This has a projecting square collar above which the knop itself is in the form of a stylised acorn with pyramidal upper surface. The surviving fragment has a worn green patina with some corrosive products. It measures 60.12mm in length, 8.96mm in width, 6.62mm in thickness and 13.55g in weight. The precise function of this object remains uncertain, although clearly it served as a decorative terminal for a larger object. Parallels might be seen in Medieval spoon handles and knops, similar to examples published from London (Egan, 1998: nos. 763, 770). This might suggest the current example is the terminal end from a spoon, perhaps dating to the end oft he Medieval period or early Post-Medieval period, c.14th-16th centuries AD, although although a differing function or date range cannot be ruled out entirely.
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