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SPOON
Unique ID: NLM-C53ACA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy spoon fragment. Cast deep oval spoon bowl with angular shoulders where its narrow rectangular section stem meets the bowl. A moulded fan shaped vegetal motif extends from the underside of the stem under the bowl, and the stem is bordered by longitudinal grooves which retain traces of white metal plating. The ends of both bowl and stem are lost; abraded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925.
Length: 56.9mm, Width: 25.5mm, Height/Depth (of bowl): 9.1mm, Thickness (stem): 2.7mm, Weight: 10.42gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1875
Date to: Circa AD 1925
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 56.9 mm
Height: 9.1 mm
Width: 25.5 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 10.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th May 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM32383
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Haxey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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