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Description: | Lead Vessel Repair Patch. Circular patch of cast lead sheet of thickness c.2-2.3mm with at least seventeen holes left by (presumably) wrought iron nails with square section shanks, typically 2.5mm square, all driven from the same side. The patch was removed before the corrosion of the putative nails could stain it, and was rolled up. Patinated overall. A comparable patch was used to mend a crack on a massive wooden tub excavated from a 12th-century industrial context at Eastgate, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire. The same method would remain viable for any comparable container of treen, though the close spacing of nail holes does suggest that a tight seal was required. Suggested date: Unknown, but probably Medieval to Early Post-Medieval, 1100-1600.Diameter: c.70mm, Thickness (overall as found): 20mm, Weight: 73.38gms.
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