lead item found in farmers field any ideas folks

onlinesniper · Jul 28, 2011

Hi all at TNET i found this object in a farmers field but havent a clue what it is any ideas appreciated
thankyou

Mark

Breezie · Jul 28, 2011

First of all, WELCOME to the forum! Your lead item has a very nice patina, and it appears to be a 'spacer', 'winder' or 'seal' of some type. Interesting find, Breezie

onlinesniper · Jul 28, 2011

Breezie said:
First of all, WELCOME to the forum! Your lead item has a very nice patina, and it appears to be a 'spacer', 'winder' or 'seal' of some type. Interesting find, Breezie

Thanks for the welcome only been a member for a couple of weeks and i'm loving the site and the people on it excellent site also thanks for the information i appreciate it

Regards Mark

worldtalker · Jul 28, 2011

An early Weeble?[weebles wobble but they don't fall down]No idea,but,I had to say that!!!WELCOME!

Dano Sverige · Jul 28, 2011

Lol...what kinda Weebles did you have?? Ours were like chicken eggs with clothes! :laughing9:

onlinesniper · Jul 28, 2011

worldtalker said:
An early Weeble?[weebles wobble but they don't fall down]No idea,but,I had to say that!!!WELCOME!

lol we have them over here too with the annoying but yet catchy advert thanks for the welcome too

High Plains Digger · Jul 28, 2011

Reminds me of the "Are You Being Served" version of the Wibbly Wobblies. With the Wibbly Wolbbly slide and swing set. I hope you have a few years under your belt or you may not know of which I speak. Are you free?

timekiller · Jul 28, 2011

Welcome,

Just gonna through this out there cause I've never seen or found one over here.But the size & shape looks close to a meat seal (maybe unused) :icon_scratch:

Take Care,
Pete, :hello:

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=1864
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=15144
http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallerya/main.php?g2_itemId=15431&g2_page=23

Breezie · Jul 28, 2011

Pete, A seal was one of my thoughts too, but what threw me was the fact there were no letters on it. Could it have been unmarked? Below is a website with a blank bag seal, so I guess the meat seals could be blank too.

http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallerya/main.php?g2_itemId=15642

I've seen lead spacers used in Victorian ceiling lamps that were sorta shaped like this, but couldn't find any pics. I think it has some age on it because of the white patina. Breezie

timekiller · Jul 28, 2011

Breezie said:
Pete, A seal was one of my thoughts too, but what threw me was the fact there were no letters on it. Could it have been unmarked? Below is a website with a blank bag seal, so I guess the meat seals could be blank too.

http://ourpasthistory.com/Gallerya/main.php?g2_itemId=15642

I've seen lead spacers used in Victorian ceiling lamps that were sorta shaped like this, but couldn't find any pics. I think it has some age on it because of the white patina. Breezie

Good morning Breezie, :laughing7:

I've found seals clothe & bag but never a meat seal.I was just going by the size & shape in the site 43mm looks close to the size in his hand.I don't see no marks on his or the look of being squashed yet.Just was giving him something to check maybe.Yes your guess of a seal does seem possible to me. :thumbsup:

And the patina does work as well.It might be a later type I see they were made from 18th-19th century
Take Care,
Pete, :hello:

Silver Searcher · Jul 29, 2011

Is it in to parts :dontknow:

it looks far to thick to be a seal, and none like the hundreds I have found, it looks as if the bottom part fits into the top....strange one that :icon_scratch:

SS