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[edit]| Toilet spoon | |||
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, 2011-11-17 15:33:03 |
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| Title |
Toilet spoon |
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| Description |
English: A bent, shaped & hammered silver sheet toilet implement of Medieval date. The implement is a combined ear scoop and toothpick/nail cleaner. The toothpick/nail cleaner terminal is flat and sub-triangular in shape with the sides tapering sharply towards the tip. The pointed tip of the terminal is missing. The shaft has simple S-twisted decoration comprising of three twists. This part of the shaft has a line incised along the centre of each face, making it look as if there are twice as many twists.The shaft has been slightly bent.
Several similar scoops/picks feature in Egan and Pritchard's 'Dress Accessories' (1991), including in particular no. 1759 (pp. 378-9), although the London scoop/pick is executed in brass. A silver example from the City of York was reported as Treasure during 2002 (Treasure Annual Report for 2002, p. 97, no. 114, Treasure reference 2002 T268). Another example is SOM-B38BA2 (Treasure case 2008 T240). Compare also DENO-BBED67 (2011T336). By comparison to excavated example, this item has been dated to the fourteenth century, c.1300-1400. As this item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal, it should therefore be considered as Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) North Yorkshire | ||
| Date | between 1300 and 1400 | ||
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FindID: 464903 Old ref: SWYOR-9BF535 Filename: PAS_1689_toilet_spoon.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/355696 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/355696/recordtype/artefacts Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/464903 |
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