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SPOON
Unique ID: SWYOR-0D0287
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy terminal from 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 mostly missing. It was oval in section. The break is old. The spoon terminal has a dark green patina. Compare SWYOR-314081 and IOW-B110C8.
Class: seal top
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 49.87 mm
Weight: 10.33 g
Diameter: 13.61 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th October 2006
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1810
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Bassetlaw (District)
To be known as: North Nottinghamshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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