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SPOON
Unique ID: NLM-56AAB1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Silver spoon. Round bowl, possibly gilt within, with a narrow stem broadening to a down-turned spatulate end bearing florid monogram, probably GV. Hallmarks on the back of the stem are: lion walking left [sterling silver], Gothic S in a rounded panel [date], and a king's head right [duty mark]. There is also a stamp reading SA. The letter S denotes the years 1793 or 1813 or 1833 for the London assay office. However, SA might refer to the Sheffield Assay Office opened in 1773, where it was sometimes customary to omit the office stamp, and where the letter may refer to 1778, though this pre-dates the use of the duty stamp. Possibly a salt spoon, with the gilding intended to prevent corrrosion of the bowl. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1778-1833.
Length: 102mm, Diameter (bowl): c.23mm, Weight: 10.18gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1773
Date to: Exactly AD 1833
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 102 mm
Weight: 10.18 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23484a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Muckton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3881
Four figure Latitude: 53.30796856
Four figure longitude: 0.06968701
1:25K map: TF3881
1:10K map: TF38SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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