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SPOON

Unique ID: SWYOR-D9F4EA

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Part of a cast copper alloy artefact, probably a seal-top spoon of post-Medieval date, about AD 1525 - 1675. The fragment consists of the knop which is a flat, expanded disc, beneath which is a double collar, a narrow waist, and then an inverted pear-shaped moulding. The remainder of the handle and the bowl of the spoon has broken away and is missing. The artefact has a dark brown patina. It is 30.9mm long and 12.5mm in diameter around the base. It weighs 7.31gm. It could also be interpreted as a pipe tamper.

Homer, in Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons (1975), categorises this type of spoon as seal top, baluster type.

SOM-1E18D6 is a similar example and naotes that: "This type of spoon knop was common from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century. Moore (1999, 5) attributes their contemporary popularity to the fact that the owner's and donor's initials could be pricked or engraved onto the disc. Moore (1999, 5) also highlights the fact that such knops were cast separately and then soldered to the handle."

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1525
Date to: Circa AD 1675

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.9 mm
Weight: 7.31 g
Diameter: 12.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th April 2014 - Sunday 13th April 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2191

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Colton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE5345
Four figure Latitude: 53.89846908
Four figure longitude: -1.19491394
1:25K map: SE5345
1:10K map: SE54NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: YS outing
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	38

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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