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CUTLERY
Unique ID: LVPL-4A3A83
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete handle from a spoon or knife of post-medieval date. The object has an iron core which is coated with white metal, probably silver. The handle is sub-rectangular in plan tapering in width towards the break where it terminates. It is hexagonal in cross-section. The outer silvered surface is decorated with two transverse bands. Above the upper band (towards the complete end) the object is decorated with a possible fleur-de-lis on each face. Between each band on one face two moulded ovals are visible with a series of pellets within them. The ovals are broad and rounded at one end tapering to a curved point at the other and possibly represent a set of wings. On the opposite face at the is point the metal has worn away. At the terminal end of the object are two swirl-like mouldings on each face. The tinned or silvered coating is dark grey in colour while the iron core is corroded .
Dimensions: 68.5mm in length, 9mm in width, 3.5mm thick, 11.3g.
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 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 68.5 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 11.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th August 2015 - Sunday 9th August 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Iron
Secondary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: Sawley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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