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SPOON
Unique ID: NLM-C3295E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy spoon fragments. A pair of leaf-shaped thin [0.8mm maximum] concavo-convex spoon bowls, both torn and frayed at their inner edges. The use of copper alloy to make spoons only became widespread with the collapse of guild control over metalworking. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750.
Combined Weight: 5.82gms
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 5.82 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 29th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38692
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
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: Epworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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