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SPOON
Unique ID: SOM-73A0F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Terminal of a post medieval cast lead alloy (pewter) spoon handle of late 17th century date. Only the terminal of the flat handle remains, the rest is lost to an old break. The terminal is in the tri-lobed trifid style with a central more projecting lobe flanked by smaller ones. It is decorated on the front with a raise cast floral and foliate disn with a central flower flanked by C-shapes with curled in ends and with a possible crown in the projecting central lobe, the back is plain. The piece is 31.4mm long, 28.7mm wide and 2.4mm thick; it weighs 9.87 grams.
This style of spoon handle terminal first appeared soon after 1660 and went out of fashion by c. 1700 (Homer 1975: 43).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1660
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.4 mm
Width: 28.7 mm
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 9.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th February 2014 - Friday 2nd May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16612
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: North Curry CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer, R.F. | 1975 | Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons | London | The Worshipful Company of Pewterers |
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