Mansion House, four spoons

HER Number

6585

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Mansion House, four spoons

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Civil

Site Type: Broad

Mayors Residence

Site Type: Specific

Spoon

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Find

Description

Four rat-tailed spoons, c.1728. Maker's mark for Robert Makepeace. A castle is engraved into the end of the spoons. A punch ladle also 1728 and three fronged forks c.1790, maker's mark for John Mitchison, 6.5 inches long, all formerly belonging to the Mansion House, were sold at dispersal of the Mansion House plate.

Easting

424960

Northing

563660

Grid Reference

NZ424960563660

Sources

Archaeologia Aeliana, 1899, Series 2, Vol XXI, p 45.