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SPOON
Unique ID: DENO-859F72
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast pewter post-medieval (AD c.1500-c.1800) spoon, missing its stem. The bowl is deeply concave, semioval in plan and terminates in an old break running horizontally along the width of the bowl. The bowl has a dark grey patina and is very narrow in thickness. The reverse is marked by around five rounded indentations which appear as semiglobular mounds on the upper face. The upper face is otherwise smooth and encrusted with dirt around the mounds. The reverse is otherwise smooth and decorated with a slightly raised oval ridge, which would have probably continued along the stem. The edge of the bowl is smooth and flat, apart from two slight old breaks. There is a short stump, 7.9mm in length and roughly rectangular in cross-section, which terminates in an old break where the stem would have extended from. The object measures 60.6mm long, 44.4mm wide and 3.3mm thick. It weighs 22.68g.
A similar object on the database is SWYOR-706702.
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.6 mm
Width: 44.4 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 22.68 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 13th April 2017 - Thursday 13th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8375
Materials and construction
Primary material: Tin or tin alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Curvilinear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: Amber Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Heage and Ambergate (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3748
Four figure Latitude: 53.02801465
Four figure longitude: -1.44977624
1:25K map: SK3748
1:10K map: SK34NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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