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Description: | A worn and incomplete moulded lead object of probable later Medieval to Early Post-Medieval date. It is rectangular in shape and terminates along both long sides with old breaks. The upper face is decorated with moulded foliate or floral work depicting an open flower perhaps containing stamens at the centre, although the central element of the flower does appear very anthropomorhpic in shape. There is a slight raised lip on both short sides of the object. The back face of the object is flat and undecorated. It measures 21.65mm in width, 15.28mm in length, 3.23mm in thickness, and weighs 4.68g. The precise function of this object is uncertain. It may well have been part of an incomplete decorative mount, although a lead model for a clay mould of Medieval date noted on the PAS database from Norfolk (NMS-35B318) offers a second possibility. The style of the decoration probably suggests it is of Medieval or Post-Medieval date, and perhaps from between the 15th and 17th centuries AD, if not later.
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