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Description: | A lead font probably from the 15th - 16th Century. Such artefacts are often identified as bird feeders. The font has been damaged and appears to have been slightly flattened. The lead font measures 76mm at the widest axis across the top of the flattened bowl and it stands 49mm in height (from the base to the lipped band at the top). At its widest the opening measures 71mm x 22mm. The front of the font is decorated with two-raised band around the opening of the bowl and there is a step between the lower and upper portion of the bowl, making the upper portion wider and more flared. Two-ribs running around the font marks this division. The reverse of the font is flat and undecorated. The front (visible) face of the font curves around on both edges to where it joins the back plate, suggesting that the font would have been mounted on a wall, with the reverse being flush to the wall. The artefact is complete, though slightly damaged. The lead had begun to corrode and as a result has gone light-pinkish grey colour.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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