Accession No

1906.271


Description

An apple scoop with handle, made from bone or possibly ivory. Handle decorated with horizontal grooves and knops and can be unscrewed from body. Small fragment on body broken off and missing


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Norfolk; Thetford


Period

Post Medieval


Source

Jennings, John J. [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1906.271


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone; ?Ivory


Local Term


Measurements

125mm


Events

Context (Display)
Previously mounted on patterned paper-wrapped display board with handwritten label reading: 'Apple scoop/ Thetford, Norf. J.J. Jennings ESQ.'
Event Date
Author: Jodi Zhang


Description (Physical description)
Apple Scoop, and lid.
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1906.271: 'An apple-scoop with moulded handle, turned in bone.'
Event Date 1906
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Benton, G. Montagu. (March 1911). 'Some "Bygones" from Cambridgeshire and Adjacent Counties.' The Antiquary, vol 7(3). pp. 92-96, Fig. 3
Event Date 3/1911
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
An apple scoop with handle, made from bone or possibly ivory. Handle decorated with horizontal grooves and knops and can be unscrewed from body. Small fragment on body broken off and missing
Event Date 19/2/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:16553

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