Newcastle, River Tyne, spoon

HER Number:
6630

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Newcastle, River Tyne, spoon

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Food Preparation and Consumption

Site Type: Broad:
Food Preparation Equipment

Site Type: Specific:
Spoon

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C16

Form of Evidence:
Find

Description:
Spoon. Decorated with a key in between the letters I and I, and a chain extending from the ring of the key to form a circle (maker's mark). The letters S, I and M enclosed in a rectangular sinking with escalloped sides, are probably the owners initials. Of English manufacture at the time of James I and VI. Almost 7 inches long. Dredged out of the River Tyne in 1872.

Easting:
253

Northing:
637

Grid Reference:
NZ253637

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, VIII (1899), p 256