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spoon
Object Type
spoon
Museum number
1872,0725.4
Description
Silver spoon, long handled. The bowl is a slender pear shape with a slightly pointed tip. Less than half the length of the handle is twisted, and it is divided by simple mouldings from the plain tapered tip and the offset. The latter has the merest suggestion of a zoomorphic form, too stylized to give any indication of what animal might have been intended. There are slight traces of wear on the bowl.
Cultures/periods
Romano-British
Production date
350-400
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Dorchester (Oxfordshire)
Materials
silver
Dimensions
Length:
204 millimetres
Weight:
24.40 grammes
Curator's comments
Figures for the metallurgy are: (bowl) silver: 96.2%, copper 3.0%, gold 0.4%, lead 0.4%; (handle) silver 96.3%, copper 2.9%, gold 0.5%, lead 0.3% (Johns & Potter 1985, Appendix II, cat. D.4).
Bibliographic references
Roman Britain 1964 / Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain
(p. 38, fig. 18.8)
Kent & Painter 1977 / Wealth of the Roman World. Gold and Silver, AD 300-700
(no. 110)
Johns & Potter 1985 / The Canterbury Late Roman treasure
(Appendix II, D.4; fig. 13, pl. LVIa)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev I Clutterbuck
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1872,0725.4
Conservation
Treatment
: 05 Dec 1996
Treatment
: 25 Jan 1993
Treatment
: 20 Jun 1983