Rat-tailed spoon
This spoon was discovered during excavations in Exeter. The hallmark shows it was made in the city, probably around 1680. It is marked with the initials R.B. which are probably those of its owner.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 300/1988/M153
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- silver
- Common Name
- rat-tailed spoon
- Simple Name
- spoon
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Production Year Low
- 1660
- Production Year High
- 1680
