Lead medallion with woman facing left. Thoughts?

[SCJohn]

Found this on a dig on Sunday. It's oval and lead and is 4 inches tall by 3 inches wide. I threw it in my trash pouch and didn't see the profile of the woman until I rinsed it off. The area dates back to the late 1600's and the last structure was on the site around 1920. Would love some input from the TNET faithfull.

 

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[Retired Fire]

Could have been part of a broach and could have has silver, gold or a white coating at some point. I don't know.

 

[A2coins]

hard to tell how thick and heavy is it

 

[DCMatt]

I would guess Victorian era - late 1800's - cameo brooch. Maybe pewter?

 

[SCJohn]

Item is about a quarter inch thick. Heavy for its size. Might be pewter but rang up like lead so assumed it's lead.

 

[vhs07]

Since it's 4" x 3", I'd think it was more likely the back to a hairbrush or hand mirror.

 

[WaterScoop]

I second the Victorian era

Not sure it’s a Hairbrush due to its 3” x 4” given dimension
I think it is a hand held vanity mirror

See below for proportional example of a hand mirror 3”x4”

 

[SCJohn]

Good call on this wing a mirror. Dimensions are spot on. Appears to be queen Catherine of France from what I can find.I'll keep working on finding a date for it. Thanks