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SPOON
Unique ID: NLM-0FE522
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy spoon fragment. Cast terminal from the handle of a small spoon, spatulate in form and slightly turned down at its extreme end, with a shallow aris running centrally down its underside. A maker's stamp appears on the upper side of the handle, comprising an open crown with a flame or plume arising from it, over the letter X with its upper arm ends seriffed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1760-1800.
Length: 35.1mm, Width: 14.1mm, Thickness: 2.1mm, Weight: 4.08gms
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 1760
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.1 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 4.08 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 29th May 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39392
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Stamped
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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