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Description: | Incomplete cast lead lid that has been reused as a punch plate, probably for leatherworking, as the lead has many impressions of identical circles, about 18 mm in diameter, which have come from the same punch, in order to produce leather discs.
If the plate had been used to punch out metal discs, there would be more of an impression left in the lead (Martin Page pers comm).
The circular punch used with this plate might have produced leather discs for horse harness or belts or holes for these items to be fitted through (Mike Glasson, pers comm). | 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: | 1700
1900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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