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Description: | Lead shield shaped trade weight dating from the medieval period (late 14th century) or post medieval period. The weight would have probably been used to weigh fabric. The weight is cast with a raised design on the front surface of a crude inverted fleur de lis. The mass of the weight is 447g and is therefore fairly consistant with the averdepois pound weighing system and would equal one pound. The back of the weight is flat and undecorated and there are several marks where it has been hit by the plough. Some of these official types of weights were in use through to the 17th/18th century. The weight measures 73.2mm in length, 53.3mm in width and 16.6mm in thickness. | 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: | 1350
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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