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SPOON
Unique ID: DENO-8BE953
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post-Medieval cast silver spoon bowl. Oval; rats tail end to stem extending roughly one third of the way down the bowl. Four marks stamped on the underside of the bowl; three around end of stem ('VB' to left, star/flower at end, crowned lion(?) (rampant to right) and one at edge of the bowl ('BS/2').
Notes:
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2011T155
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.4 mm
Width: 20.9 mm
Thickness: 5.8 mm
Weight: 4.25 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E7233 ; Treasure ref no 2011 T155
Treasure case number: 2011T155
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: South Derbyshire (District)
To be known as: Radbourne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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