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SPOON
Unique ID: SUR-A731F6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A badly corroded pewter spoon, broken into three fragments, comprising the rear of the bowl and junction with the stem and two parts of a flat and spade-shaped handle which measured 23.3mm in width. The stem is fluted with a hexagonal cross-section and is 5mm wide, by 4.4mm thick. There is a lozengiform knop in the stem at the junction with the bowl.
Three marks are evident on the handle (second image); a four petalled flower, a thistle and a third mark which may be a letter R. All are contained within small octagonal escutcheons
On the basis of the style of the handle, an 18th or 19th century date can be proposed.
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 3
Height: 12.4 mm
Width: 35.4 mm
Weight: 22.64 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Guildford (District)
Parish or ward: Wisley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0560
Four figure Latitude: 51.32941426
Four figure longitude: -0.49432117
1:25K map: TQ0560
1:10K map: TQ06SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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