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Description: | Lead unidentified object. Cast plate, expanding in width from its flat narrow broken end and with three curved lobes along its wider end. The field between bears a series of irregular triangular fields defined by ribs in low relief, including three or four longitudinal strands, on one side only. Lightly patinated overall. Though this might be the skirt of a toy figurine broken at the waist, the detail falls far short of that appearing on lead alloy toys from London. The clumsy detail is more akin to that of 'Billy and Charlie' fakes manufactured for the antiquarian market in the 19th century. These included a range of improbable castings; an example has previously been reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme from Belton, North Lincolnshire (NLM-0FDAE1). Thomas Sheppard, a former curator of Hull Museum, also illustrated an axe hammer supposedly found in the Isle of Axholm [sic] made by Flint Jack, a noted knapper of this ilk and era. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1840-1860.Length: 33.9mm, Width: 31.7mm, Thickness: 5.7mm, Weight: 20.19gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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