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Unique ID: BERK-FA244C
Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete cast copper alloy post-medieval spoon, consisting of an incomplete bowl and the base of the stem. The bowl is oval in plan and largely complete, having lost its tip and the majority of its original edge. The base of the stem survives to a length of 4.2 mm beyond the bowl before treminating in a break. The stem is round in section, being 2.3 mm wide and 2.1 mm thick. The spoon bowl and stem join to form a short rats-tail which extends 16.5mm along the back of the spoon bowl.
A spoon, WILT-F838D8, with a similar plan and patina, has been dated broadly to the Roman period, however this spoon bowl lacks a rat tail. Examples of Roman spoons with rat tails do exist, such as CORN-C3F239 & WILT-62B933, with pear shaped bowls. The bowl is concave and was likely part of a regular ovoid bowl typical of the period AD 1650-1800, (Egan 2005, 118-119)
Crummy (1993) illustrates a copper alloy spoon bowl excavated from Roman contexts at Colchester with similar proportions on page 70, fig.73, no.2012, that appears to have been in production by the first half of the 2nd century.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Quantity: 1
Length: 59.2 mm
Width: 21.4 mm
Weight: 6.4 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 11th February 2018
This object was found at Wendlebury #1
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SP5719
Four figure Latitude: 51.8666749
Four figure longitude: -1.17358811
1:25K map: SP5719
1:10K map: SP51NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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