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Description: | A cast copper alloy object, which appears to be the outer casing of a steelyard weight. The lead interior no longer survives.
Approximately 50 % of the outer casing survives, now in three fragments ?? which have been glued back together by the finder.
The fragment are all very worn and corroded. The edges ?? where the copper alloy case has broken open, looks as if it has almost been pulled apart. At first the finder thought that this object was part of a bomb case or hand grenade.
However, an incised design appears to date this object to the post medieval period. The design comprises an incised double circle, which encloses a cross motif. Other details are very worn and corroded.
This weight probably dates from circa 1500 ?? 1800. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | WALKER, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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