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.SILVER 



Mercer, as \vc liavo seen, liad a lavish supply of 

 plate. Little of this, understandably, was likely to 

 have been thrown away or lost, except for an occa- 

 sional piece of flatware. One such exception is a 

 teaspoon from the Structure B foundation (L'SN.M 

 59.1827, fig. 86). It has a typical early Georgian 

 form — ribbed handle, elliptical bowl, and leaf-drop 



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Illustration 55. — Left, fragment of lonij-tinrd fork. 



Second-half (?), 17th century. One-half. (ISNM 



59.1WH.) 

 lllu.stration 56. — Center, fragment of lorn-iinrtj 



fork. Early 18th ccntun,-. One-half. (I "sNM 



.59.2029.) 

 Illu>tr.iii(in 57. — Right, fork which had i\vo-|>.ir( 



handle of wood, bone, or silver. One-half 



(L'.SNM 59.1939.) 



handle attachment on back of the Iwwi. \^ m tnr 

 case of small objects workitl after the marks were 

 applied, this has evidence of two distorted marks. 

 Corrosion has obliterated such details as njay have 

 been visible originally, although there are fairly clear 

 indications of the Ux)pard's head crowned and lion 

 pa.ssant found on London silver. 

 T.XBLE cirrL>:RV.— Fragmentary kni\-cs and forks 

 from the site date mostly from lieforc I 750. Forks arr 

 all of the lonij, double-tine variety. One, which may 

 date back to the second half of the 1 7th ccntur>-. has 

 a delicate shank, widening to a tooled, decorative 

 band, with shaft extending downwaixl which was 

 originally enclo.sed in a handle of horn, Iwnc, or wood 

 (LS.NM .VJ.IIitiH. ill. .5.5). A fragment of a narrow- 

 bladed knife (IS.NM 59. 1882. fig. 85) may be of the 

 same period as the fork. Two forics. each wiih one 

 long tine intact, show evidence of havini; ' 

 cores for wood or silver handles (I'.S.NM - . . 

 59.1939, ills. 56 and 57). The shanks, diflerine in 

 leni;th from each other, are lur: •\ie. 



Three blades, varying in comj . : .. il>e 



cnr\cd tvpc used with "pisiol-ijrip" handles (l'S\M 

 .59.lhfi7 ". .\ 5ii '■ni 



(LS.NM prol>,ibl\ . , til 



them. Onlv two knife fraiiments (l"S.\M 

 and 



O: 



of a hollow Shertield-plated pisloUnrip k 



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that 



lieat and p The 



V stamped il SNM .5y.HH>U, Jig. ;JUI);. 



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