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SPOON
Unique ID: WMID-C82018
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete tin alloy spoon bowl, of Post Medieval dating (AD 1750 to AD 1850).
Around 50% of the spoon is present, consisting only of the bowl, with the base of the handle or stem present. The rest of the handle is missing.
The spoon bowl is oval in shape, and concave. A square hole is present in the centre of the bowl, with a curved crack running upwards from a corner of the hole.The stem or handle joins onto the bowl in a sub circular drop shape.
It measures 47.2 mm in length, 22.7 mm wide and 5.6 mm thick. It weighs 4.6 g.
The bowl spoon is a mid grey colour, with an even surface patina.
A couple of similar spoon bowls have been recorded on the PAS database, including:CORN-CDD788 andNLM-728FF6. These are considered to be Post Medieval in dating (AD 1750 to AD 1850).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.2 mm
Width: 22.7 mm
Thickness: 5.6 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th August 2014 - Thursday 21st August 2014
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
Parish or ward: East Lavington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU9414
Four figure Latitude: 50.91781619
Four figure longitude: -0.66413523
1:25K map: SU9414
1:10K map: SU91SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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