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Description: | A Post Medieval (1560-1700) cast pewter alloy spoon bowl. The spoon bowl is oval, and crescentic in profile. The lower edge of the bowl is slightly abraded. There is a break along the upper surface where the stem is missing. The break is not recent. There is a maker's mark on the upper edge of the bowl, which is possibly a 'WH' possibly surmounted by a crown. The surface of the spoon is a mottled mid grey with a patch of corrosion. The bowl measures 67.46mm long and 49.02mm wide across the bowl. It weighs 38.13g.Geake (Geake; 2001,76) comments that spoons with maker's marks date to the second half of the 16th and 17th century. Egan (2005) illustrates similar shaped spoons made from pewter and copper alloy (Nos. 527-585), commenting that the Pewterers' Guild since the 1560s had tried to prevent copper alloy spoons being made, which worked quite well until the late 17th century (p. 117).Egan, G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition MoLAS Monograph 19Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide Version 1.1 p.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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