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SPOON
Unique ID: SOM-638C3A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
The end of the handle and about half the length of a slip topped lead-tin (pewter) spoon of xx date. The handle is is hexagonal in section with a slightly narrower back than front and ends in a corroded break towards the centre of the handle. The handle widens and thickens gradually towards the terminal. The slip top end is slightly expanded and broken around the lower edge with corroded breaks. The piece is 64.0mm long, 9.5mm wide by 8.0mm thick and weighs 15.02g. It is 6.5mm by 5.8mm at the narrowest point.
Found in the same field as SOM-1E6780 but unlikely to be fromt he same spoon.
Slp topped spoons come in before 1500 but ones with handles that are broader than they are wide develop in the late 16th century and continue to be used up to c.1680 (Homer 1988:39-40). Expanded and flattened terminals (splayed end) to slip tops are typical of the westcountry.
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 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1680
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 15.02 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 17724
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Middlezoy CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer, R.F. | 1975 | Five Centuries of Base Metal Spoons | London | The Worshipful Company of Pewterers |
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