Record ID: LIN-C411E1 - MODERN pencil

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PENCIL

Unique ID: LIN-C411E1

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Modern lead pencil sharpener

An incomplete Modern cast-lead pencil sharpener of 19th century date (c. 1850-c. 1900).
The lower part is hollow and cone-shaped to house the pencil. It has a rim at the base and a vertical slot at one side. On the opposite side of the slot there is a raised cartouche or containing the initials 'SS'. The decorative handle is sub-triangular in plan and pointed in side view. Two scrolls rise from each side of the cone and meet a the top leaving a openwork area in the centre. The scrolls support a scallop-like feature which has an almost similar design on each face with a circular hole at the base.

This sharpener is worn and corroded in places and has a buff patina. The iron cutting blade is missing but has left iron staining on the inside.

Similar pencil sharpeners have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See finds: HAMP1653; HAMP-3334; NARC-E4E785 and NARC-52E1F8.

Class: Sharpener

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Length: 41 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
To be known as: Gainsborough

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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