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SPOON

Unique ID: CORN-CAA831

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Electro-plated nickel silver fiddle pattern spoon bowl, oval in plan with pointed bowl and part of the stem remaining. The stem ends in a V-shape on the back of the bowl. The bowl is probably part of a serving spoon as it is quite wide in plan and shallow in profile. The spoon has been crushed and broken so that most of the stem is missing, and it is now quite corroded. The shape of the bowl and the stem suggest that it dates from the Modern period. 19th-20th century Cuddeford (1994) illustrates a similar example of a serving spoon and a dessert spoon which are both made of base metal on page 47, No.21, which are dated to the Modern period. Moore (1987) illustrates a similar example, in style, on page 28, which is made of Sheffield plate and dates from c.1800-1820, and another on page 30, which is electro-plated nickel silver and dates from c.1880.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: AD 1950

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 107 mm
Width: 57 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 35.89 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2007 - Monday 19th February 2007

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Materials and construction

Primary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Stamped
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Blisland (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SX0973
Four figure Latitude: 50.52553
Four figure longitude: -4.696057
1:25K map: SX0973
1:10K map: SX03SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: returned to finder
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Cuddeford, M.J.	1992	Identifying Metallic Small Finds	Ipswich	Anglia Publishing	47,	No.21
Moore, S.	1987	Spoons 1650-1930	Princes Risborough	Shire Publications Ltd	28 & 30

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Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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