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Post medieval seal top spoon
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All rights reserved, Tom Redmayne, 2011-03-11 12:40:00
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Post medieval seal top spoon
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English: The finial from a copper-alloy, post-medieval, seal-top spoon. The finial is decorated with a raised, circumferential band, above which is a section containing symmetrical, raised foliate designs followed by a further, raised circumferential band. Above this is a wider, ridged band, topped by a flat and undecorated "seal top".

Issuing from the base of the finial is a short section of the original spoon stem. This is octagonal in cross-section and the end has been deliberately cut into a v-shape. The stem has been silvered and much of this remains.

The v-shaped end to the stem section is where the seperately-made finial was originally soldered to the rest of the stem and the spoon bowl. This method was widely used in the 17th century to manufacture seal-top and apostle spoons, and the v-joint was typical of the London spoon makers. Provincial spoon makers used a similar method, but used lap-joints which had a single, slanting cut to the end of the stem section below the finial rather than the v-shaped cut, or dovetail joints similar to those used in cabinet-making.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lincolnshire
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 433257
Old ref: PUBLIC-A17E45
Filename: 2011_0311_191719AA.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/320238
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/320238/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/433257
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