Lead conical weight with a pointed apex and circular base dating from the late medieval to post-medieval period 1400 to 1600AD. The base has a cavity within it that is almost circular in plan. The apex has an integral central circular aperture that is 3 mm in diameter which may have been used with a hook to suspend the weight, but it is more likely to have been used as a standing weight. The base has a cavity within it that is almost circular in plan. Similar weights are illustrated in Egan, G., 1998 The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) London : The Stationery Office, 322, no.1038, and are dated 15th to 16th century AD.
Weights can be hard to date due to being a functional item that has not altered significantly over time. Biggs and Withers (2000) note that standing weights made of lead were still used in comparatively recent times.
The length is 32mm, the width is 25mm and the weight 72.63g.
Biggs, N. and Withers, P., (2000) Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection. Powys, White House Publications & Galata Print Ltd.
Lead conical weight with a pointed apex and circular base dating from the late medieval to post-medieval period 1400 to 1600AD. The base has a cavity within it that is almost circular in plan. The apex has an integral central circular aperture that is 3 mm in diameter which may have been used with a hook to suspend the weight, but it is more likely to have been used as a standing weight. The base has a cavity within it that is almost circular in plan. Similar weights are illustrated in Egan, G., 1998 The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) London : The Stationery Office, 322, no.1038, and are dated 15th to 16th century AD.
Weights can be hard to date due to being a functional item that has not altered significantly over time. Biggs and Withers (2000) note that standing weights made of lead were still used in comparatively recent times.
The length is 32mm, the width is 25mm and the weight 72.63g.
Biggs, N. and Withers, P., (2000) Lead Weights: The David Rogers Collection. Powys, White House Publications & Galata Print Ltd.
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Lead Alloy
Primary material of object
Incomplete
25.
Width
32.
Length
72.63
Weight
By Attribution 3.0
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1600
Method of manufacture