The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Karen Dunford, 2012-03-01 15:30:04
Title
A Post Medieval cast silver spoon
Description
English: Silver spoon, blackened with tarnish, of slip top form as current in the early -mid 17thCentury. Stem thickens towards the end, date letter (now illegible but of a form which suggests early rather than late 17thCentury date) punched on stem just before end. Rounded bowl, with leopard's head crowned for London in bowl. On back of stem, two marks, one maker's mark now illegible, and lion passant for London.
London, probably early-mid 17th Century.
For context and comparison, see M.Snodin, English Silver Spoons, London 1974, and K.Marquardt, Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons, 1997, p.57 for example dated (by mark) 1654.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) Kent
Date
between 1600 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 489795 Old ref: KENT-3948B6 Filename: 2003 T70f.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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