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SPOON
Unique ID: LANCUM-87AF62
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Pewter spoon bowl dating from to the 16th century AD. The rest of the spoon is missing. The bowl is sub oval shaped with a rounded tip edge. The bowl is concave is profile. At the attachment end there is a sub triangular hole where the stem would have attached. Next to this is a stamp with the letters RM, surrounded by a circular border of pellets. According to the Pewter Society this pewterer was active from 1550 to 1570AD (pers comm). Similar spoons can be seen in Egan 2005, page 110. The length is 70mm, the width is 55mm and the weight 33.93g.
Egan, G., 1998 The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) London : The Stationery Office, page 110. ,
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1570
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70 mm
Width: 55 mm
Weight: 33.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th August 2017 - Monday 7th August 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Pendleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD7539
Four figure Latitude: 53.84663226
Four figure longitude: -2.38146836
1:25K map: SD7539
1:10K map: SD73NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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