SPOON

Unique ID: SWYOR-314081

Object type certainty: Certain

A cast copper-alloy terminal belonging to a post-Medieval 'seal-top' or baluster spoon dating from the late 16th to 17th century.

The terminal has a flat undecorated circular top, a bulbous collar, a small collar, a baluster and then another collar before the shank of the handle. The shank is bent and almost entirely missing. It was oval in section. The break is old. The spoon terminal has a tan coloured patina.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Length: 30.75 mm
Width: 12.3 mm
Thickness: 11.8 mm
Weight: 6.63 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: West Yorkshire
District: Wakefield
Parish: South Hiendley

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE3912
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Amy Downes - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Amy Downes - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1427

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    Created: Thursday 23rd June 2011
    Updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011

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