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Lead weight, bullet weight, or shot weight, conical with a flattened top featuring a hole
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Lead weight, bullet weight, or shot weight, conical with a flattened top featuring a hole

anonymous · c. 1590 - c. 1596 · casting; lead (metal)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Lead weight or plummet, conical with a flattened top with a hole and a cavity or soul on the underside. The lead weight can be attached to a thin cord. Possibly this lead weight was part of a nautical instrument (a quadrant).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
weight (scale component)loodjeWillem Barendsz.Jacob van HeemskerckNova ZemblaBehouden Huys
Credit lineLoodje, gewichtje of schietlood, kegelvormig met afgeplatte bovenzijde waarin een gaatje is aangebracht. c. 1590 - c. 1596. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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