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POST MEDIEVAL UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
An unidentified object that at first glance appears to be a musket ball. The object is lead alloy, spherical and solid. It has a projecting neck or collar which is circular in section, 6mm in diameter and 3.4mm long. The end of this is concave. Unusually, there are areas of gilding or gold paint surviving on the surface of the ball, particularly near the projecting sprue. Areas of red brown patina…
Subject
- archaeology - POST MEDIEVAL
Type of item
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Medium
- Lead Alloy
Subject
- archaeology - POST MEDIEVAL
Type of item
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Medium
- Lead Alloy
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Creation date
- 1600
- 1600
Places
- United Kingdom; North Yorkshire; Harrogate
Identifier
- SWYOR-AAC85F
Year
- 1600
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2016-04-19T15:12:06.842Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-07-12T17:35:14.429Z