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Unique ID: HAMP-B54496
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment from the handle of a post-medieval cast lead-alloy (lead-tin) spoon. The fragment is the slightly corroded and abraded handle terminal. The terminal is expanded (W.: 28.3mm), and tapers towards the break (W.: 11.7mm). The lower surface is plain; the upper surface features moulded decoration in low relief. Within the expanded terminal is a pair of facing busts. That on the left faces right, is male, draped and laureate, with the initial 'W' below. That on the right faces left, is female and is draped with corrosion obscuring any headgear; it has the initial 'M' below. The spoon therefore shows King William III and Queen Mary II. Below, on the stem, elaborate curving, foliate decoration emerges from the edges.The field within is covered with very finely punched annulets. This fragment is dated to the late 17th/early 18th-century, contemporary with the reigns of William and Mary, a similar spoon can be found illustrated in Read (1995, 155; ref.: 1047); the male bust can be compared with that on coins of William III (r. 1688-1702 AD). The piece is generally grey in colour with areas that are more silvery or which have corroded to an off-white colour. The sides have started to split slightly.
Inscription:
W M
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1690
Date to: Circa AD 1710
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.35 mm
Width: 28.3 mm
Thickness: 2.6 mm
Weight: 8.83 g
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Other reference: E2895
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SU1406
Four figure Latitude: 50.853349
Four figure longitude: -1.802484
1:25K map: SU1406
1:10K map: SU10NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Read, B. | 1995 | History Beneath our Feet (1995) | Ipswich | Anglia Publishing | 155 | 1047 |