The Lead Pad from Staunch Meadow, Brandon, Suffolk: Was it used to create cross-hatched gold foils?

Author(s): Eleanor Blakelock

Excavations at Brandon, Suffolk, revealed a lead pad that may have been used as a backing for fine metalworking. The evidence suggests that it was used for some kind of fine metalworking but was probably not used as a backing when creating cross-hatched patterns on gold foils. The depressions on the pad were most likely created by either a die or an individual punch tool.

Report Number:
23/2005
Series:
CfA Reports
Pages:
8
Keywords:
Early Medieval Lead Metal Working-non Fe Technology

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