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Description: | A flat rectangular lead trade weight, 75.0mm long, 38.1mm wide, 17.9mm high, weighing 416.0g. There is a handle formed from a loop of iron wire 14mm by 22mm in the centre of the top and the letter G stamped on it twice, one either side of the handle.This is probably a trade weight from dating from between the early 18th and mid 19th centuries. The stamped letter G is probably intended to reassure people of it's reliability, although I am unaware of the mark,and as a point of interest the weight is approximately 1 1/2 ounces light, assuming it is intended to be a 1 pound weight. Lead weights were becoming less common in this period, and were in fact banned by Parliament in 1834, although some may have been used after this date outside major trading centres. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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