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Description: | An incomplete and misshapen post-Medieval cast copper-alloy toilet article (c. 1500-c. 1800).This artefact is possibly an ears scoop or a cosmetic spoon. It has a shank, circular in cross-section, which has a diameter of 3.37mm. At one end of the shank the bowl is 8.18mm in length, 6.61mm in width and has a thickness of 2.13mm. At the opposite end there is flattened suspension loop, now incomplete as a break has occurred across the hole. It has a length of 8.45mm and a thickness of 1.05mm. In plan, it flares from the shank towards the end. It is possible that this end is a broken loop rather than a nail cleaner. On the underside of the shank, about 2.0mm from the bowl, there is a small transverse groove with a width of 1.60mm. This groove may have been used to rest the spoon on an edge so that its contents did not spill.The metal surface is reddish brown and has off-white corrosion deposits. It has minute flecks of a dark green patina.Similar examples have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: BH-E61D84; CORN-C851A6; DUR-D0D525; LON-B74D20; IOW-36F656; IOW-A03F93; IOW-ED8F04 and YORYM-0271B0.Length (if straightened): 85.04mm; diameter of shank: 3.37mm. Weight: 5.74g.
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