File:Fragment of a cast lead insurance fire mark with an image of the sun as a human mask with radiating rays, probably dating from about AD 1700 to AD 1850. Front view. (FindID 57198).jpg

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Fragment of a cast lead insurance fire mark with an image of the sun as a human mask with radiating rays, probably dating from about AD 1700 to AD 1850. Front view.
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Frank Basford, Frank Basford, 2005-01-25 17:14:11
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Fragment of a cast lead insurance fire mark with an image of the sun as a human mask with radiating rays, probably dating from about AD 1700 to AD 1850. Front view.
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English: Fragment of a cast lead insurance fire mark with an image of the sun as a human mask with radiating rays, probably dating from about AD 1700 to AD 1850. Length of surviving part 143mm, width 78mm and 3mm thick. Weight 249.16g. Viewed from the front, the right hand side is an original curved edge. However, all other edges have been formed by subsequent cutting or shearing in order to utilise the lead sheet for another purpose, perhaps for patching. Around the edges are six holes ranging in size from 1mm to 5mm in diameter. These holes have been created by piercing from the front to the back as each hole has a burr mark around the edge of the hole at the back. In its original form the fire mark would have had an integral panel beneath the sun mask indicating the policy number.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight
Date between 1700 and 1850
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 57198
Old ref: IOW-457FF7
Filename: IOW2003-90f.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/49180
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/49180/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/57198
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