File:Medieval silver earscoop and toothpick (FindID 154003).jpg

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Medieval silver earscoop and toothpick
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British Museum, Caroline McDonald, 2006-12-12 10:34:57
Title
Medieval silver earscoop and toothpick
Description
English: Medieval toiletry implement in the form of a combined ear-scoop and toothpick. The shank is finely twisted along its top half, the remainder being partly grooved and left plain towards the tapered point of the pick. The implement is silver and dates from the late 14th century. It is badly bent out of shaped. Its reconstructed length is about 85 mm. See Egan and Pritchard, Dress Accessories, (Museum of London 1991) Numbers 758-760, pages 378-379.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 1375 and 1400
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1375-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 154003
Old ref: ESS-E842F2
Filename: 2006T173back.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/124427
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/124427/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/154003
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