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Description: | Lead Pump Seal weight. Cast circular Weight with a projecting round lug with waisted sides which would retain a leather seal (now lost). The weight would assure the sealing of one chamber of a water pump, which would be operated by hand in an agricultural context before the advent of mechanisation. Lightly patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1850.Diameter: 61.8mm, Thickness (overall): 15.3mm, Weight: 230gms.
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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