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SPOON
Unique ID: CORN-8CBC91
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast pewter handle from a large spoon, with a rounded terminal and plain upper face and a tapering mid rib on the back of the handle. On the back of the stem are four stamps within separate oblong reserves, one reads 'THOMAS' and next to it the 'Y' of 'YATES', and on the other side of the mid-rib, the words 'STEEL' and then 'WIRE'. Thomas Yates was a pewterer between 1849 and 1882, based in Birmingham, which was a centre for the production of pewter during the 19th century. With the pewter trade declining in vessels, the pewterers had to be resourceful and exploit new opportunities, producing pub mugs and measures, beer machines and bar fittings, and blanks for electro-plated wares after 1840. This spoon is of 19th-century character, replaced slender grace with heft. There are lumps of iron corrosion product down the centre of the back of the spoon, which represent the remains of the steel wire that was inserted into the handle for strength, and forms the pronounced ridge at the back.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1849
Date to: Circa AD 1882
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 77 mm
Width: 24.5 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 25.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th January 2013 - Tuesday 15th January 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Camborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW6240
Four figure Latitude: 50.212032
Four figure longitude: -5.337195
1:25K map: SW6240
1:10K map: SW60SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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