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Description: | Lead alloy circular weight of probable post-medieval to modern date. The weight has a broad raised rim, and recessed centre. In the centre is a circular hole encircled by four more irregularly spaced circular holes. The back is plain. It is 50mm in diameter, 8mm thick and weighs 108 grams, c. 3.8 ounces.It is probably a very light 4 ounce weight that has lost some weight through corrosion. The form is found throughout the Post Medieval period both in stamped trade weights and less official weights Biggs and Withers 200:54 e.g. Fig 5). It is not clear if this weight was originally stamped with the holes being a way to cancel it (as on SOM-4FDE31) or if it was an unstamped weights with the holes simply being for attachment or suspension. Lead weights were banned from being used as official trade weights from 1834 and they has already declined in use by this date with few dated after the middle of the 18th century (Biggs 1992:46). Many lead weights were created at home unofficially for a firm or individuals weighing something for internal or private use rather than for sale to the public.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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