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Description: | Post Medieval (c. 1600 - 1800) tobacco jar handle: The lead alloy lid handle, in plan is a lozenge shape, and the handle is in the form of an eight-petalled flower with a central, circular knop projecting from a flat collar. On the reverse there is an integral sub-conical whose underside has a integral stud. The upperside has patches of a black shiny coating. It is 19.67mm long, 14.31mm wide and 16.75mm tall. It weighs 8.8gm.Similar examples are illustrated in G Bailey's 'Finds identified', 2000, page 62, which he dates to the middle of the 17th century and states that the lead boxes were used to keep tobacco moist. It is likely that this form of tobacco jar is popular into the late 18th century.
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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