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Medieval spoon fragment
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The British Museum, Emma Traherne, 2013-02-27 11:34:11
Title
Medieval spoon fragment
Description
English: Treasure Report: Case 2011 T288

Date: 15th-17th century

Description:

A knop, or finial, from a late medieval or post-medieval silver-gilt maidenhead spoon. The knop represents the head and shoulders of a woman with long hair, emerging from a calyx of leaves. Surviving examples date from the 15th to the 17th century. The type may have originated as a representation of the Virgin, but the term 'maidenhead' was commonly used for such spoons in the 16th and 17th century. The knop is broken off at the top of the stem beneath the lap-joint. The gilding is worn and survives mainly in recessed areas.

See M.Snodin, English Silver Spoons (1974), pl 6.

Dimensions:

Max length: 23mm.


The find therefore qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content.


Beverley Nenk
Dept Prehistory and Europe
British Museum
17 Oct 2011
Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 1400 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 440234
Old ref: WMID-9766D3
Filename: 2011T288 photoshopped.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
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/417726/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/440234
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