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Description: | A complete cast and decorated lead alloy tobacco box lid knop of Post Medieval dating (17th to 18th Centuries AD).It measures 46.43mm in length, 20.67mm wide and is 24.12mm thick. It weighs 10.16g.The knop is broadly sub circular in plan and irregular in profile. The knop is modelled on a black African male head, with a rounded face; heavy brows and eyes; a wide flattened nose and thick lips, slightly parted. The cheeks and chin are also well-defined. There are flecks on the back of the head to indicate short hair and there is a prominent band around the head, moulded in high relief. The top of the head, above the band, is smooth and undecorated suggesting that the band may be the brim of a close-fitting cap, or possibly an indication of a form of hair tonsure. A casting seam runs down the centre of the face, at front and back.The base of the knop consists of an attachment sprue, lentoid in cross section, which would have slotted through the surface of the lip and been fastened underneath.The artefact is in a worn but fair condition, with an even off white / grey patina across the surface. The edges exhibit signs of abrasion.Lead boxes, with ornamental lids were used during the Late 17th to 18th Centuries to keep moist tobacco inside. It is likely that this form of tobacco jar is popular into the late 18th century. Several others from Shropshire and Staffordshire have been recorded on the PAS database (LIN-C8BAB3, DENO-09F0E8, WILT-542C21, DENO-40DCB5, and DENO-56F3B7).Class: lid
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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