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SPOON
Unique ID: BERK-7164C5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy spoon of post-medieval date. The spoon has a sub-rectangular stem or handle that tapers slowly towards the terminal end however most of the handle is missing. The bowl, again incomplete, is 'fig-shaped' in plan and the reverse of the junction between the stem and the bowl displays a short rat-tail. The 'rat's tail' connection was was superceeded c. AD 1715, while this spoon is likely to date from c. AD 1550-1650.
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 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.4 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 6.7 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2016.085
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Harpsden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7381
Four figure Latitude: 51.52320773
Four figure longitude: -0.94919593
1:25K map: SU7381
1:10K map: SU78SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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