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SPOON
Unique ID: FAKL-3FEA22
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver gilt spoon terminal in the form of an elongated acorn set on a hexagonal shank, 2.7mm across. The nut and its 'cup' are cylindrical with rounded ends, the cup is 6.2mm in diameter, the acorn 5.3mm diameter the two parts being separated by a groove. On the end of the nut is a small projection. The sides of the cup are marked by crossing incised lines. The nut and cup are gilt, the gilding not extending to the hexagonal shank which appears to have been snapped. Length 30.5mm, Head 18.3mm long, Mass 4.70g
Notes:
This terminal is closely paralleled by an example from Arreton, Isle of Wight PAS IOW-D5E3d3, Treasure 2010 T461.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Donated to North Lincolnshire Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2013T266
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1625
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Weight: 4.7 g
Diameter: 6.2 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B154
Treasure case number: 2013T266
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: South Ferriby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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