River Tyne, spoon
River Tyne, spoon
HER Number
6630
District
Newcastle
Site Name
River Tyne, spoon
Place
Newcastle
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
Class
Monument <By Form>
Site Type: Broad
Findspot
Site Type: Specific
Spoon
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
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
425300
Northing
563700
Grid Reference
NZ425300563700
Sources
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, Series 2, VIII (1899), p 256