Somerset County Council, Naomi Payne, 2008-06-05 11:50:00
Title
Post Medieval Seal Top Spoon
Description
English: A silvered cast copper alloy spoon of early post medieval date. The spoon measures 146mm in length and weighs 30.9g. The oval bowl measures 55mm by 44.1mm. There are patches of the original silvering over parts of the bowl and knop. The stem has a flat oval cross-section. It tapers very slightly from the bowl end and terminates in a simple ball seal knop. A maker's mark in the form of a Tudor rose within a double circular border has been stamped within the bowl, adjacent to the stem. Spoons with this type of knop date from the sixteenth century (Homer 1975, p. 38).
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Somerset
Date
between 1500 and 1599
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1599-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 221156 Old ref: SOM-7C2A26 Filename: 7C2A26.JPG
Credit line
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
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme/ The Trustees of the British Museum
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