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Unique ID: NLM105
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy feeder scoop from a seed drill consisting of a short, round sectioned shaft on one end of which is a cup which, in this case is double-sided to allow it to be used with seeds of different sizes. Around the other end of the shaft is a groove to allow it to be fixed, with other scoops, to a revolving drum, picking up seed for spreading. Length 38.9mm, diameter (of scoop bowl) 13.5mm, Mass 13.82g.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Drawing ref. amended from NLPS102 to NLPS0102.
Class: Not a spoon but a feeder from a seed drill
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.9 mm
Weight: 13.82 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th October 1997
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0102
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: DONCASTER
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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