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SPOON
Unique ID: SF-7F2ACC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from the stem of a copper alloy Post-Medieval seal top spoon. Only the terminal of the stem survives. This has a disk terminal below which is a knop, followed by a narrow collar and then part of the circular cross-sectioned, thin stem. It is probably of later 16th or 17th century date (Moore 2005, 7-9).
Length: 34.12mm, Diameter of seal top: 11.76mm, Weight: 4.58g
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.12 mm
Weight: 4.58 g
Diameter: 11.76 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th November 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Barking
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore, S. | 1987 | Spoons 1650-1930 | Princes Risborough | Shire Publications Ltd | 7-9 |
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