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Description: | A Post Medieval cast copper alloy (seal top) spoon fragment dating to circa (AD 1550-1650).Only the knop and a small part of the stem survive. The bowl and the majority of the stem are missing. The fragment consists of a flat terminal that is sub-oval in plan. Below the terminal is a waisted collar. The collar then narrows to the stem which is circular in cross section. The spoon terminal has a mid brown coloured patina, with areas of a yellow coloured corrosion.This example fits into Homer's (1975) classification of latten spoon types as a seal top type (a) or (e) which has the simple ball or crude seal. Homer dates the spoons to mid 16th to mid 17thcentury. Before this the craft guilds opposed the making of spoons in base metal.There areas several similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database including SUR-6D5B64discovered in Lasham, Hampshire and (WAW-905725) discovered in Badsey, Worcestershire WMID-63FD00, from Chellaston, East Midlands.The object measures 38.72 mm in length, 9.96 mm in width, 3.37mm in thickness with a diameter at the seal top of 9.35mm. It weighs 4.9 g.Homer, R.F., (1975) Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons.London : The Worshipful Company of Pewterers.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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