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Description: | Lead Alloy Printer's Type. Fragment of type with nine lines of text in miniscule letters - lower case letters are 2mm high. A flat rib or handle projects from the back. The text appears to derive from a romantic prose narrative of popular character; the following tantalising extract was read in a mirror:[--]ONATELY, / [--]ON OTHERS / [--]EXPENSE.' / 'HE HAS NEI[--] / [--]PRICE 'YOU / [--]ENDER HEARTED / [--] HARDER FOE.Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925.Height: 23mm, Width: 20.1mm, Thickness (clear of handle): 2.4mm, Weight: 10.40gms.
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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Lead alloy Printer's Type. Fragment…
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