Record ID: CAMHER-320272
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt spoon terminal comprising a small seated animal on a moulded capital. The figure is crudely cast and worn and now resembles a small dog, but the type would seem to be that of the lion sejant affonté even though the animal does not appear to have a mane. Three 15th Century examples of lion sejant spoons are recorded and the type was a popular form made in the West Country in the 16th Century and also in Norwich into the early 17th Century. On balance this example is probably a late 16th Century example but could possibly date from the early 17th Century, perhaps made in No…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemingford Grey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-9A1344
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver spoon stem with seal-top, gilt and engraved with owner's initials in capitals, perhaps P (or R) L. The stem is broken off at the bowl with an illegible maker's mark on the back of the stem. The stem is also damaged just below the seal-top. Probably early 17th Century. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAMHER-9B0D71
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A terminal and fragment of stem from a Medieval spoon. The stem is hexagonal in section and the terminal is a six-facetted diamond type. The spoon fragment is silver and dates from the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Dimensions: length 30 mm, width 2 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weston Colville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CAF2B7
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman spoon dating to the first or second centuries AD. Only the round bowl and a small portion of the stem survive. The bowl has a diameter of 24.09mm and a depth of 4.87mm. There are possible traces of tinning on the inner surface of the bowl. The stem extends from a triangular ridge on the underside of the bowl. The remains of the spoon weighs 4.90g. This spoon can be classified as a Crummy Type 1 (Crummy 1983, p. 70).
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2010
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-235908
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver-gilt artefact that is probably the terminal from a spoon of Post-Medieval date, (c. AD 1500-1700). The incomplete handle of the spoon has a square cross section with chamfered corners measuring 3.4mm x 3.4mm. The broken end of the shaft seems to have been bent and tapers to the irregular break as thought it had pinched or broken off with a sort of chewing twisting action (possibly with a tool such as pliers rather than with human or animal teeth). At the complete end of the shaft, the shaft tapers slightly to 2.5mm x 2.7mm before expanding again to form the decora…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2011
Last updated: Monday 8th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire County Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-559373
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman silver spoon with oval bowl and short 'rat tail' on the underside; the bowl is broken, incomplete and distorted. The handle is square sectioned and broken about one-third along the shaft above the offset, with the remainder slightly twisted and bent. The offset is in the form of an open scroll. In the bowl are the remains of a punched ligatured inscription 'VIV[A]S' ('may you live'); the 'A' is very hard to discern. The inscription would have begun with a name, but this is no longer visible. Discussion: such spoons are a well known late Roman type. There are good …
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAMHER-86DCE5
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary Roman spoon made from copper alloy with a white-metal coating and dating to the second or third centuries AD. The bowl must originally have been oval, but the far end is now torn away and too damaged to reconstruct its precise original shape. The handle is also incomplete, but appears to gently change from a circular cross-section to a tall rectangular cross-section; it then expands to a curve below, with a circular perforation, and an upper part decorated with V-shaped ribbing. The curved part then extends forward to attach to the back of the bowl in a long tail. Cru…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
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Record ID: CAM-5E2D04
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy mandolin shaped spoon dating to the Roman period. The shaft of the handle is rectangular in section and tapers to a rounded point. At the bowl end of the spoon, extending from the upper surface of the handle are two small rectangular projections. On the lower surface extends a further small rectangular expansion. The handle measures 46mm in length, 4mm in width.
Created on: Friday 17th February 2006
Last updated: Saturday 14th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FB3614
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Ovoid pewter spoon bowl and fragment of stem. The bowl is quite long (c. 53 mm in surviving length), the stem is narrow (3.5mm wide, 5mm thick) and ends in a short blunt-ended rat-tail on the back of the spoon. The surface of the object is corroded and cracked, and the rim of the bowl is jagged and damaged. Although the bowl appears oval now, the original shape may have been different in detail. The total surviving length is 70.65mm, the maximum width of the bowl is 31.15mm, the thickness of the bowl is 3.64mm and it weighs 18.97g.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2016
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Record ID: CAM-DD4E48
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete spoon with round bowl, Type 1, of Roman date, dating 50-200. The spoon is made of copper-alloy with a white metal coating covering all surfaces of the surviving fragment. The remains of this spoon weigh 4.58g. It has an incomplete length of 42.1mm, of which the circular shaped bowl accounts for 24.8mm. The bowl has a width of 24.8mm and depth of 4.7mm. The spoon appears to have been formed, probably cast, as one piece rather than the handle being soldered onto the back of a separate bowl. The handle has a circular cross-section, with a diameter of 2.7mm, at the edge of t…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DF2EAC
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman silver spoon with oval bowl and 'rat tail' on the underside. The bowl has a length of 47.2mm, maximum width of 30.3mm. The bowl of the spoon has a thickness at the edge of 0.7mm and full depth between the rim and centre of bowl of 6.2mm. Two cracks are present running approximately parallel to the edge of the bowl set in from the edge by approximately 4.60mm. The longest of these cracks has a length of 15.7mm. The upper surface of the bowl has a punched ligatured inscription along the centre of the full length of the longitudinal axis. This inscription is positioned s…
Created on: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2016
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