Record ID: DEV-C3EDA2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy 'seal-topped' spoon, probably dating to c. AD 1550-1650. The surviving portion comprises of the terminal and partially surviving handle, with the bowl missing. The handle terminates in a flat circular knop, with no traces of engraved initials, below which expands a balluster surmounting a second, more highly abraded, but tapering baluster flanked by collars. There is a casting flaw projecting from one side of the upper balluster. The stem of the spoon is sub-rectangular in cross section. Dimensions: diameter of knop 9.8mm; length 60.7mm;…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-C2562C
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy 'seal-topped' spoon, probably dating to c. AD 1550-1650. The surviving portion comprises of the handle and terminal, with the bowl missing. The handle terminates in a flat circular knop, with no traces of engraved initials, below which expands a fluted balluster surmounting a second, more highly abraded but tapering balluster flanked by collars. The stem of the spoon is sub-rectangular in cross section, widening towards a worn break. Dimensions: diameter of knop 11.4mm; length 52.0mm; width of stem at break 5.9mm; thickness of stem 2.5mm; …
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: DEV-B1A61B
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy trifid spoon handle terminal, probably dating to c. AD 1650-1720. The spoon handle is flat and plain, terminating in a worn break at the worn end and flaring outwards into a tri-lobed trifid terminal at the other, there is a central drilled aperture below the central lobe, probably for suspension. Dimensions: length 84.2mm; width 24.3mm; thickness 1.8mm; weight 8.77g. Egan (2005: 118, no. 578) publishes an unstratified trifid spoon featuring counterfeit hallmarks dating the spoon to the mid-17th century at the earliest. Homer (1975: 43) suggests th…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2017
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Record ID: DEV-A60EA6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy trifid spoon handle terminal, probably dating to c. AD 1650-1720. The spoon handle is flat and plain, terminating in a worn break at the worn end and flaring outwards into a tri-lobed trifid terminal at the other. Dimensions: length 65.4mm; width 26.9mm; thickness 2.2mm; weight 10.93g. Egan (2005: 118, no. 578) publishes an unstratified trifid spoon featuring counterfeit hallmarks dating the spoon to the mid-17th century at the earliest. Homer (1975: 43) suggests that this style of spoon first appeared soon after 1660 and went out of fashion by c. 17…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2017
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Record ID: DEV-99D795
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead alloy spoon, probably dating to c. AD 1650-1720. The surviving fragment comprises of the bowl and lower handle, with c. 30% of the handle and its terminal missing. The spoon has a reltively shallow, oval shaped bowl with an applied handle, sub-rectangular and largely flat in cross section, although it is now bent out of shape. The bowl too is deformed slightly, with one edge being bent inwards. The handle terminates in a worn break at one end and in a D-shaped "heel" behind the bowl at the other. From beneth this heel expands a central ridge, which tap…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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