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SPOON
Unique ID: SUR-A2CD9E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy terminal from the handle of a post medieval seal-top type spoon dating to the later 16th or 17th century. The remaining portion is 61.5mm in length and has a flat discoidal terminal (12mm in diameter) at the end of a baluster style collar. The stem of the handle has an oval cross section measuring 4.8mm by 3.2mm. There are no maker's marks.
Notes:
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.5 mm
Weight: 8.7 g
Diameter: 12 mm
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Waverley (District)
Parish or ward: Shamley Green and Cranleigh North (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0243
Four figure Latitude: 51.17714797
Four figure longitude: -0.54220529
1:25K map: TQ0243
1:10K map: TQ04SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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