Record ID: PUBLIC-29BD73
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy ('latten') spoon handle terminal of the baluster seal knop type. There is just a stub of the stem of the handle surviving: enough to show that its cross-section was sub-oval with a diameter of c. 5.66 mm. The knop begins with a shallow double circular collar; the baluster part then flares out to a width of 9.46 mm. Above the baluster are a further pair of collars, the upper larger and decorated with longitudinally incised lines. The knop then flares out into a sub-oval seal top, 13.61 by 12.40 mm, though now abraded, and flat on the upper side. This type of spoon knop w…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tenterden', grid reference and parish protected.