Record ID: SUR-69EF15
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Conical weight 28.1mm in length and 27.5mm wide with a central hole in the flat end surrounded by a recessed lip around 2mm wide. This hole contains a copper alloy pin running down its centre, suggesting a fixing to some sort of shaft or handle.
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-690215
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cylinder, probably a weight of medieval to post-medieval date (c. 1200 - 1750 AD). The object is long and cylindrical with widened, ridged ends. The object has a matt cream-coloured patina. It is 48.94mm in length, 14.09mm at maximum width and 12.94mm at maximum thickness. It weighs 41.22g. Although it is not hollow, this object bears reminiscence to fishing or line weights of post-medieval date and may have fulfilled a similar function. It certainly would have been easy to secure a line around it like a bobbin. A similar example recorded on the database is: SWYOR-ABB5F4. See …
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 31st August 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-6841F2
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy stacking trade weight of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1800. The weight is circular in plan with sides which taper from the top to the base giving a sub-trapezoidal profile. The object is worn rendering any detail illegible though a circular recess at the centre of the inside base can be seen. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The weight is 24.4mm in diameter, 9.8mm tall, 2.4mm thick and weighs 12.9g. This is likely to be a single example from a nested set of differing sizes and weights which were used to weigh gold and silver in the form of…
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2018
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