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Description: | Post-medieval cast lead object dated 1669, probably a toy. It is a flat, sub-rectangular plate with a large, inverted heart-shaped hole cast into it. A short stem, of flat cross-section, extends outwards from the longer edge of the object. There is a casting seam all around the edge and a rough section in the middle of the shorter edge which may indicate where this fragment has broken away from the rest of the object. The object has cast decoration on both faces. One side has two raised semi-circles with radiating lines at the top and pellets scattered down the sides. There are three pellets in a triangle, joined by lines, in the centre, between the semi-circles. There is a band at the bottom which has the inscription "R + I". The other side has concave circular hollows in corresponding positions to the semi-circular mounds on the first side. It also has pellets down the sides and a band at the bottom which has the date '1669' in rather stylised digits. Length (including stem) 30.2mm, width (max) 22.3mm, thickness 2.8mm, weight 9.25g. This may perhaps be a fragment of a 'hornbook'-type child's reading primer or similar (identification suggested by Geoff Egan). Michael Lewis has referred to it as "a 'hornbook'-like object, but without the alphabet" (Lewis 2012, 100).
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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