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SPOON
Unique ID: DOR-213D32
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete latten spoon. A partial fig-shaped bowl and incomplete handle. The handle has an oval profile changing to a faceted irregular hexagonal profile nearer the bowl. There is a rose touch mark on the inside of the bowl. It is not possible to be certain of the style of the missing terminal, but the bowl and mark date to the 16th to mid 17th centuries.
Date: Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1650
Dimensions: 120.80 mm x 47.34 mm x 1.40 mm
Weight: 24.79 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 120.8 mm
Width: 47.34 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 24.79 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 022311
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Mappowder
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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