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Description: | Copper alloy gilt probable Spoon handle fragment. Solid cast teardrop shaped and oval section terminal from a heavy implement handle, possibly a spoon, tapering towards a narrow broken end. Strongly defined moulded decoration in Neo-Classical style may evoke military themes. On one side a cuirass from a trophy with other items suggested occupies a rhomboid panel at the broadest part of the object bordered by a pair of tubular objects, possibly cannon barrels, and with dense vegetal scrolls. On the other side there appears a coat, shirt or cuirass with short arms and further impedimenta in a rhomboid panel, with further vegetal scrolls and tendrils. The margin between the two decorated sides is plain and worn. Gilding traces are trapped in the decoration on either side. The mass of the object is presumably intended to counterbalance its lost extent. The assured rendition of motifs from the Classical canon suggests a Renaissance date, which in an English context would be significantly later than in Europe. The narrow broken end could not accommodate the tang of a knife, and there is no trace of iron staining, so a spoon handle - perhaps for an implement used to serve at table - is perhaps the most likely domestic item to take this form. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1575-1675.Length: 52.1mm, Width: 26.5mm, Thickness: 15.1mm, Weight: 61.80gms.
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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