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Post-Medieval Seal-top Spoon
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Frank Basford, 2017-11-03 11:56:11
Title
Post-Medieval Seal-top Spoon
Description
English: An incomplete and bent post-Medieval copper-alloy spoon (c. 1550-c. 1650).

This fragment is the knop and part of the stem/handle. The bowl is missing.

The knop is of the seal top type with a flat top (13.0mm in diameter). It has no evidence of pricked owner's initials or other marks. Below the top a baluster moulding is made up of a constriction, then a baluster, a collar, another baluster, then a collar. The stem is rectangular in cross-section with rounded corners.

The spoon is reddish brown and the patina is lost.

Length if straightened: 71.5mm; width of stem 5.0mm; thickness of stem: 2.6mm. Weight: 11.89g.

Similar examples are illustrated by Homer (1975:38) who categorises them as Seal Top types C and F, fluted or scrolled baluster seals, depending on their decoration which is worn on this example. He dates both types to the mid-16th to mid-17th centuries.

Homer, R. F., 1975. Five centuries of base metal spoons London: The Worshipful Company of Pewterers.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1550 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 873022
Old ref: IOW-B742CA
Filename: IOW20171251.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/635896
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/635896/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/873022
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