Record ID: NLM5358
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small roman ear spoon.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2001
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE LUDFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5908
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Plain ear scoop.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2001
Last updated: Friday 6th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Notts 8', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-9C4D03
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Ligula or scoop, 90mm long and 6mm wide. The object consists of a shallow elongated bowl, 25mm long and 6mm at its widest point, which is missing its end. This terminates with an indented bead attached to a shaft. The shaft is circular and 3mm in diameter and has short diagonal incisions running along its surface for c. 20mm. It terminates in a oval shaped bulge which is 11mm long and 5mm wide. The shaft appears to have been deliberately bent three quarters of the way along its length.
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-28CDC5
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy ligular or spoon-probe, 109mm long and 6mm at widest part. The item has an oval shaped bulge, which is circular in cross section, 13mm long and 3.5mm wide at one end. This narrows to form a shaft which starts 1.5mm wide and very gradually widens to 4mm. At this point, 22mm from the end the object tapers in sharply and a band of decoration begins. The decoration consists of two eliptical knops 5mm wide, above this is a balustrade? or pear-shaped bulge 6mm wide. The object then tapers outwards slightly and terminates with a band made up of three pronounced ridges. The …
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NARC-0BCA74
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman cosmetic or surgical implement. The fragment is the scoop from an ear scoop or a spoon-probe. The scoop is small and narrow, and such scoops tend to be associated with the surgical ear scoop as opposed to the small cupped types which are thought to have been for cosmetic use. However, spoon-probes, used for the application of cosmetics also have a narrow scoop, and without the rest of the artefact it is difficult to determine whether this is a surgical or cosmetic article. Some examples of scoops are demonstrated in Crummy 'The Roman Small Finds From Excavations …
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-B3D336
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent silver earscoop with a shaft of quadrangular section and tapered point, ending in a pick perhaps for use as a toothpick. No decoration. This object was probably part of a toilet set kept in a case. It dates to the 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2006
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hythe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-B56DD1
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Roman ear scoop. The stem of the object is rectangular in section. It probably belonged to a suspended manicure set; there is a perforation for suspension at the end opposite the scoop. The stem is perpendicular to the angle of the loop; it is wide and flat and tapers to 2.71mm just before the bowl of the shallow concave scoop which measures 3.63mm in diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-DD3BA5
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval cosmetic implement, which combines an ear scoop with a toothpick. The section of the shank closest to the scoop is twisted. Due to damage, the shank has been bent in two places. The implement is silver and dates from the mid to late fourteenth century (see Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories 1150-1450, pp. 378-379, No. 1759). Dimensions: reconstructed length 104 mm, width 6 mm.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alcester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-AF3103
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver ear-scoop with a partially twisted stem leading to the scoop and a plain, pointed terminal at the other end probably fashioned for use as a toothpick. The implement is of a very white silver alloy and has no firm diagnostic features to suggest that it is any older than three hundred years of age.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-E0F9D7
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy object, possibly a Roman ear scoop.
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-174E02
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cosmetic tool; cast copper alloy ear scoop of 14th century date. The implement is of a band of copper alloy, approximately circular in cross-section and twisted along the length of its middle section, presumably for decorative purposes. It is then flattened at both ends. One end is complete, and has been dished to form a tiny spoon bowl, probably for use as an ear scoop. The other end is flat and expands but has been broken off so its precise form cannot now be seen. It is quite common for these items to have a pointed nail cleaner at the other end from the ear scoop but the b…
Created on: Friday 7th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boughton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-3238E5
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver ear scoop, probably of late Medieval-early post-Medieval date. JP Robinson of the BM writes: A Medieval cosmetic implement, which takes the form of a combined ear-scoop and toothpick. It consists of a roughly square-sectioned shaft, which tapers to a pointed end. At the other end a collar of transverse grooves marks the separation of the ear-scoop, which has a triangular-shaped recess. The implement is silver-gilt and dates from the fifteenth or early sixteenth century.
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-654285
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver cosmetic implement, 75mm long and 5mm wide. The object is formed from a single sheet of silver with decorative edges. It has a small circular bowl at one end. Silver ear scoop, bodkin shaped with scoop at one end, baluster-shaped central section and pointed end, flat section. Very thin silver sheet, so perhaps protected in a case with other toilet implements? There is no sign of an attachment loop or hinge linking this object to others in a set. Probably 17th Century.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-423A17
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver ear scoop and toothpick. The stem of the implement is hexagonal in section, tapering to a blunt point at one terminal, forming the toothpick. The opposite terminal is shaped into a small, shallow bowl forming the ear scoop. The only decoration on the artefact is a pair of perpendicular grooves above the ear scoop, on the outer face and sides of the stem.
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swannington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-90C974
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval cast copper-alloy combined earscoop and strap-end. The attachment end is trapezoidal, with a cast front plate and sides forming a hollow recess for the strap, and a single copper-alloy rivet (heads flush both sides) in the centre of the wider end retainings a sheet backplate on the reverse. The attachment end tapers slightly, and at the narrower end is a long terminal ending in an animal head with an earscoop protruding from the mouth. The animal head has a long curved neck, and the head appears to be canine with small ears, curved groove at the brows/cheeks, drilled eyes, a…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-F25C53
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver toothpick and ear-scoop. The toothpick is cast in the form of a triangular-sectioned bird's talon (now bent and distorted with point missing) emerging from the fleshy part of the claw which is decorated with tiny stamped annulets. This in turn emerges from acanthus leaves with a collared moulding just beyond the mid-point, from which springs the oval-sectioned shaft of the ear-scoop. There is a circular pierced lug in the centre of the upper edge containing a silver wire loop (10mm). The underside of the shank for the scoop, adjacent to the circular bowl, is stamped with a coun…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oxborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5F98A3
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Ear Scoop, as identified by finder. Cast rod with a square-section mid-shaft, and a round-section end terminating in a tiny scoop at one end, now bent; the other end is lost. Suggested date: Roman, 40-400. Length (as found): 60.9mm, Width (central part): 3.4mm, Thickness (central part): 3.8mm, Weight: 5.29gms.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-54B445
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Cosmetic implement; possibly an ear scoop. Cast rectangular section rod tapering towards a tiny scoop at one end, and towards a now rounded end at the other. Traces of linear decoration, or perhaps grooves facilitating suspension, appear towards the rounded end. Smoothed or polished, perhaps by wear. Suggested date: Roman, 40-400. Length: 49.6mm, Width: 5.5mm, Thickness: 4.0mm, Weight: 4.28gms.
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-952B06
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Ear Scoop, as identified by finder. Cast near-flat spoon with a tapering handle (other end lost), with an incised triangle on/in the bowl and horizontal hatching affording grip on the handle. A central dimple is impressed on the underside of the bowl, showing as a faint mark on the decorated side. Bent in the same plane. Suggested date: Roman, 40-400, though an Anglo-Saxon date is also possible, angular incised decoration being common to later Roman and Germanic metalwork. Length (as found): 42mm, Width (bowl): 8.1mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 1.70gms.
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-D6FE17
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or Post Medieval? copper alloy ear scoop, 49mm long, 6mm wide and 2mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.60 grams. The object is linear in form and rectangular in section. It consists of a twisted bar which has a spoon-like flattened terminal at both ends, suggesting it is an ear scoop. The object has been bent to form a U shape, its original length would be 97mm.
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2011
Spatial data recorded.