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SPOON
Unique ID: WMID-C8933C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Spoon of the Post Medieval Period, dating from AD 1500 - AD 1700.
Around 50% of the spoon remains consisting of part of the bowl and part of the handle. The handle is a rectangular shape and is sub square in section, it curves down towards the bowl of the spoon, making the back of the handle slightly convex. The bowl is bends to the right from the handle. The bowl is an oval shape and is concave at the front. The handle at the back of the spoon flares out as it joins to the bowl, no decoration is present on the spoon.
The spoon measures 65.6 mm in length, and is 27.3 mm wide. It has a thickness of 5.0 mm and weighs 13.7 g.
The spoon is a mid to dark green in colour with an uneven patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail.
Other examples have been recorded on the database, including WMID-CE20E3.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 65.6 mm
Width: 27.3 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 13.7 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Clifton Campville (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK2309
Four figure Latitude: 52.67821664
Four figure longitude: -1.66125063
1:25K map: SK2309
1:10K map: SK20NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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