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Unique ID: CORN-E2B21C
Object type certainty: Certain
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Fragment of a cast pewter spoon with the base of the bowl and about half of the stem remaining. The bowl would have originally been oval in plan or 'fig-shaped' and there is an incomplete 'rat tail' on the back of the bowl which is at least 34 mm long, and is an extension of the stem. The remains of the stem extends 42 mm beyond the bowl. The stem is lozenge-shaped in section and is 9 mm in diameter at the bowl and 8 mm in diameter at the broken end. There are two parallel grooves on the inside of the bowl, but this does not appear to be a mark, and several gashes on the back of the stem which are due to damage.
Egan (2005) illustrates similar tin alloy spoons with substantial stems and 'rat tails' on page 114, Fig.104, Nos.549 & 551, which date from the late 16th to the 17th century.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Quantity: 1
Length: 73 mm
Width: 34 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 28.15 g
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Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SS2203
Four figure Latitude: 50.79915293
Four figure longitude: -4.52727946
1:25K map: SS2203
1:10K map: SS20SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | 114, Fig.104, | Nos.549 & 551 |