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Description: | An incomplete Early Post-Medieval (1650-1700) copper alloy (probably latten) tinned spoon, consisting of the ovoid bowl only. On the inside surface of the bowl much of the tinning remains, although it is missing on the underside. The surviving spoon measures 63.82mm in length, 43.58mm in max.width and 9.27mm in depth. It weighs 19.47g.The bowl is widest at the 'stem' end, where there is now a worn break. It narrows slightly to the opposite end. The bowl is 1.09mm thick. On the inside, just below where the stem extends, is a Maker's mark in the form of a shield with (apparently) I / I inside.We have no information about latten spoon makers and their marks remain enigmatic. Spoons were tinned to prevent the bronze in the copper alloy tainting the food. Cf. an example from Kington St Michael, Wiltshire, WILT-442367. The bowl shape is very similar to this, which has been dated as circa 1650 by Hazel Forsyth at the Museum of London.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 may 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.
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