Schiedam: Square-section lead pot

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One of two lead vessels, found in 1971 at the 1684 Schiedam wreck ─ square in section, open-topped, with lugs containing holes for supension. As noted in a 1994 dive report by Anthony Randall, several have been found on other wrecks too, but it’s not clear what they were used for. This is in the collections of the Shipwreck Treasure Museum, Charlestown, Cornwall.

The vessel bears the date 1675; this is in relief, and back-to-front, having been carved into the mould the artefact was made in.

100mm high. 3D scanned by Tom Goskar (@tomgoskar) as part of the Wreck and Rescue at Gunwalloe project commissioned by Cornwall Archaeological Unit (CAU) and funded by Historic England to mark the 50th anniversary of the Protection of Wrecks Act, 1973.