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Description: | two medieval lead plugs or pot mends. a) One side is rounded and neatly finished, with a semi-circular shape, and the other side forms an irregular circle partly folded back. It measures 26.78mm in length and 20.28mm in width, 10.77mm in thickness and weighing 17.9g. b)Repair patch of oval shape, dished, with a slight rim on one side. The other side is also oval, but irregular with a pitted surface. there are traces of red earthenware held between the two halves of the mend. It measures 35.92mm in length and 29mm in width, 9.06mm in thickness and weighs 52.66g. Pot-mends were repairs to ceramic vessels, using melted lead, and were common during the medieval period. Examples are illustrated from medieval London in Egan 1998, nos.733-742. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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