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SPOON
Unique ID: PUBLIC-72BB85
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a post Medieval cast copper alloy seal top spoon, dating to c. 1550 to c. 1650. The top is a flat disc, below which the handle narrows and then expands into a baluster form comprising (with constrictions between) an upper, globular knop, a narrowed tapering knop, a wider tapering knop and two collars. The handle then narrows to an old break. There are patches of off-white concretion and an underlying green patina.
A similar recorded example is DOR-F6DD94.
Length: 38.4mm. Diameter: 13.4mm (max). Weight: 8.79g.
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 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.4 mm
Weight: 8.79 g
Diameter: 13.4 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 17-213
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Reigate and Banstead (District)
Parish or ward: Merstham (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2753
Four figure Latitude: 51.26202098
Four figure longitude: -0.18119935
1:25K map: TQ2753
1:10K map: TQ25SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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