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Title: Lead Object. Help Please Chef or Peter H Post by: waltonbasinman on September 14, 2011, 03:02:29 PM Help please Peter, Geoff or anyone. pictured here is a Lead object I found on the new farm. When I found it I thought it was a door escutcheon, but when I cleaned it and put it by my collection of Spindle Whorls the size was the same as the spindle whorls though the shape to me is wrong it has cast a seed of doubt. Any chance of an ID and a date as the other escutcheons I have found have all been copper alloy.
Title: Re: Lead Object. Help Please Chef or Peter H Post by: wayne on September 15, 2011, 08:39:46 PM it resembles a sealing washer of sorts,but also looks quite old.
Title: Re: Lead Object. Help Please Chef or Peter H Post by: The Doc on September 15, 2011, 09:06:47 PM Not seen one like it, but could well be a spindle whorl. I know they are not usually this shape, but was the exact shape actually crucial to their function?
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