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Description: | A lead font probably from the 15th - 16th Century. Such artefacts are often identified as bird feeders. The font has been damaged and appears to have been slightly flattened. The lead font measures 76.8mm at the widest axis across the top of the flattened bowl and it stands 55.6mm in height (from the base to the lipped band at the top). Across the other axis if the bowl the width measures 28.2mm, the lead itself is only approximately 1.47mm thick. Width measurements have been taken of the opening of the bowl because it is not circular and therefore it was create a wrong impression to measure the diameter. The front of the font is decorated with two-raised band around the opening of the bowl and there is a raised steep between the lower and upper portion of the bowl, making the upper portion wider and more flared. The reverse of the font is flat and free from any decoration. The front (visible) face of the font curves around on both edges to where it joins the back plate, suggesting that the font would have been mounted on a wall, with the reverse being flush to the wall. The artefact is complete, though slightly damaged. The lead had begun to corrode and as a result has gone light-pinkish grey colour. The reverse and the front of the font have been made from two separate pieces of lead. Part of the front plate has become detached from the reverse, leaving a hole on the joint. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1400
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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