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SPOON
Unique ID: NLM-7C2797
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Silver spoon. Cast spoon fragment, comprising a leaf shaped bowl with a short oval rib below the bowl which continues as a flat and narrow stem. The spoon bowl has been hammered flat, and most of the stem has been removed by forceful twisting which has left a thin tapered and twisted stub attached to the bowl. The material is now very thin, and this may be the result of wear in use rather than the hammering of the object, as silver spoons can acquire sharp edges with prolonged use. Pewter spoons from London generally exhibit broader bowls, so this example is probably later. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800.
Length: 53.1mm, Width: 23.2mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: 3.44gms.
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 53.1 mm
Width: 23.2 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 3.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19231a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Wickenby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0982
Four figure Latitude: 53.323709
Four figure longitude: -0.364991
1:25K map: TF0982
1:10K map: TF08SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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