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Record ID: NMGW-3C75C0
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of the find
Small silver object consisting of a small circular bowl on a long slender shaft that tapers to a point. The bowl is now at virtually a right angle to the shaft and the shaft is bent again about two-thirds along its length, but originally all would probably have been aligned. There is no additional decoration.
Dimensions: length 64mm; bowl diameter 5 mm; shaft diameter 2mm; weight 1.8g.
Evidence of Date
Good parallels for an object of this type can be found in the ligulae (toilet spoons) of the Roman period, with their small flat or cupped round scoop on a lo…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'St. Nicholas and Bonvilston Community', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-6B5862
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:
The object is a silver spoon, now in two parts, comprising a bent handle junction with bowl, and the remaining bowl, folded twice.
The stem is hexagonal at the base, becoming circular in cross-section mid-way along the shaft up to the simple devolved conical ‘diamond knop’ terminal with a small transverse moulding at the junction with the stem. The underside of the bowl at the junction with the handle bears what appears to be a quincunx motif (aka ‘cross-in-square’), but which can be interpreted as an equal armed cross with central boss within a square …
Created on: Monday 27th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-D98884
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver spoon, now in two parts, comprising a bent handle junction with bowl, and the remaining bowl, folded twice. The stem is hexagonal at the base, becoming circular in cross-section mid-way along the shaft up to the simple devolved 'diamond-point' terminal. The underside of the bowl at the junction with the handle bears what appears to be a wriggle work cross-crosslet, now only partially visible, on the base of the bowl at the junction with the handle.
The overall length is 81.55mm; maximum thickness of stem 3.3.x 3mm; bowl width about 32mm; bowl thickness 1mm; weight 1…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-F42888
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Spoon handle of Post-Medieval date (probably 17th century) made of debased silver. Fragment from the end of a seal-top spoon with a plain flat top above a V-shaped moulding. The handle has broken at the top of the shaft.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2003
Last updated: Monday 16th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-91FCC3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Roman silver spoon, probably of 3rd or 4th century AD date. The spoon has a distorted handle and is missing the majority of the bowl, giving the spoon a surviving length of 68mm. The handle was originally approximately 50mm long and is of circular section, becoming oval and wider as it approaches the bowl. The end of the handle was pointed. The spoon has a step to the bowl and is defined by incised lines. The incomplete bowl has a surviving length of 13mm and has a maximum surviving width of 11.2mm. The sides of the surviving portion are concave and the bowl has a surviving depth…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.
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