The Adam Park Project

Item Information:

Catalogue Number: 13/05/001 Source: TAPP Archaeology Surveys Location: No13 & 14 Adam Park Report No: Report No.21 Artifact Type: Personal kit Production Date: 2013-11-20 00:00:00 Dimensions of Item: 170mm long Copyright with The Adam Park Project

Other Description:

Spoon 13/05/001 is 17cm in length and appears to be silver gilted. The hall mark reads ‘G’ followed by an unreadable mark and then ‘NS’ This is followed by the date ‘1939’ and the symbol ↑ used for government issues. The ‘G’ in a rectangular box best fits the date stamp for 1931 issued by the Birmingham Silver hallmark authorities. The NS most likely stands for ‘New Silver’.

Historic Context:

This spoon is similar to other spoons found on the estate (See Survey Report No12) and most likely belonged to the pre-war household. It is noted in contemporary accounts that the POWs highly valued a set of cutlery as many went into captivity without the basic culinary equipment. Losing such an item whilst in captivity would have been a blow to a soldier in the camp.