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Description: | 15th - 17th Century. Lead alloy, broken and damaged flat back lead 'bell' shaped artefact - probable holy water font. Length 56.6mm, Width 41mm, Thickness 35.1mm, Weight 97.8g. Badly distorted by plough damage, plain, flat 'D' shaped bottom, fragmented back, flared top with moulded rim. Probable holy water font but other possible functions - bell, ink well, blood letting cup, dice shaker or trough for holding bird seed or water. Grey surface with some surface corrosion. Ref. Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 80-81, no. 3 and History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing, Ipswich 1995, page 97-98, no. 606.
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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