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Description: | A complete cast and decorated lead alloy tobacco box lid (length: 32.1mm; width: 20.8mm; thickness: 21.4 weight: 27.31g). the lid is oval in plan and irregular in profile. The upper part of the lid has a central raised boss. The neck below the knop of the lid becomes narrow before expanding outwards in a slanting platform with the remains of the rivet protruding out from underneath. The artefact is in a worn but fair condition. One edge has been damaged and the surface has started to laminate.Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Finds identified', 2000, page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states that the lead boxes were used to keep moist tobacco inside.
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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