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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy spoon of Post-Medieval date, (AD 1500-1700). The object consists of the top of the spoon known as a seal-knop. This spoon can be classified as a 'Baluster seal' type (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1). The knop is circular in section throughout its length. It has a flat circular disc (seal) as the terminal which is plain on its upper face. Beneath the disc are two baluster style mouldings. It tapers down into a rounded break where the object terminates with a break. The object has a dark green patina. The remainder of the handle and the bowl of the spoon has broken away and is missing.Homer, in Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons (1975), categorises this type of spoon as seal top, baluster type. A similar example can be found in Egan (2005), p116.SOM-1E18D6 is a similar example and naotes that: "This type of spoon knop was common from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century. Moore (1999, 5) attributes their contemporary popularity to the fact that the owner's and donor's initials could be pricked or engraved onto the disc. Moore (1999, 5) also highlights the fact that such knops were cast separately and then soldered to the handle."
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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