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Description: | A complete cast lead rod, probably a pencil of Medieval to post-Medieval date (c. 1200 - c. 1650).This pencil is circular in cross-section and has a tapering point at one end. The opposite end is flat.The object has an uneven buff patina.Length: 66.9mm; maximum diameter: 9.3mm. Weight: 40.66g.Dr Helen Geake of the Portable Antiquities Scheme has commented: "The use of lead pencils is still not really understood. At Winchester they are found mainly in 13th- or 14th-century contexts, and it was thought some years ago that when graphite was discovered in Cumbria in the late 16th century lead pencils went out of use; but metal-detector finds of well-made mass-produced pencils suggest that in fact they carried on being used well into the post-medieval period".
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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