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Description: | A pointed-oval shaped lead object also known as a 'palm guard'. It measures 111x54.7x(max)16.4mm and weighs 300+g (too heavy for scales). The objects it thickest to one side of the pointed oval, creating a slope which has a circular stamped depression c.20mm in diameter.
The object seems too heavy to be held in the hand to guard against pricking one's hand whilst sewing and might be a counter-argument for 'palm guards'.
Cf. SF-F9D4D5, though to be 18th/ 19th century in date. | 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: | 1701
1900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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