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Description: | A sub-rectangular cast lead object which would have functioned as a trade weight in the early post-medieval period. It bears two incuse stamps in the shape of shields. One bears a crowned 'h' in lombardic style - the stamp used by Henry VII on trade weights from 1495, and that continued by his son. The other mark is yet to be deciphered: it appears to be a line bifurcated at both ends, with a transverse bar across its centre.As Biggs (1992, 46) notes: 'in the provinces most weights were made of lead until the end of the seventeenth century'. These are generally of circular form (see Biggs 1992, 44ff.), making this weight slightly unusual. At c. 454g the weight corresponds fairly exactly with one pound avoirdupois. It is now heavily scratched and slightly gouged.
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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