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Medieval (probably) leather or ceramic punch.
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Derby Museums Trust, Rachel Atherton, 2008-03-05 15:14:28
Title
Medieval (probably) leather or ceramic punch.
Description
English: Cast copper alloy punch. Copper alloy rod with one end moulded and inscribed into a quatrefoil design. Circular sectioned rod, perforated for suspension at one end (there are wear marks on the upper edge of the circular perforation, indicating the object had been hung), and expanding slightly towards the other end where the rod becomes quatrefoil in section (with grooves defining the lobes), and the base is decorated with a central cross within a diamond shape. Very little of the fine mid green original surface survives; mid-light green exposed surface. Length 91.4mm, width 7.0mm, thickness 6.8mm, weight 20.55g

Uncertain date. Presumably this could have been used for decorating leather, pottery (e.g. the stamps on Anglo-Saxon vessels), or thin sheet metal, e.g. gold or silver. There is no splaying of the perforated end, indicating that this has not been often hit with force. There also seems to be little, if no wear on the decorative end. This seems to suggest it was used on a soft material such as leather or pottery.

Probably Medieval?
Depicted place (County of findspot) Leicestershire
Date between 1100 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 211650
Old ref: DENO-D4AFD5
Filename: E6019 ceramic stamp.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/167446
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/167446/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/211650
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