Artifact: Lead
Materials: Lead
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Collection: Hi-Res Images of Chemical Elements via Wikimedia Commons
License: CC BY 3.0
Ledger Entry: Lead
Department: Craft
Customer: Daniel James
Ledger Page: 215
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Product Description
Since lead is a soft and malleable metal, it was an ideal material for poured molds. Lead was used for many purposes including as a binding medium to hold window glass together and as merchant seals, but the most common use for lead as a raw material was to be melted and molded into shot for guns.
Citation: Ivor Noël Hume. A Guide to Artifacts of Colonial America. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001), 221-222, 268-271.;
Historical Price: 3 pence; Modern USD: $2.8
Product Variations
The databases record ten purchases of lead. Where noted, lead was sold by the bar or by weight. The only qualifier used for lead is white, and the prices range from two to eight pence.
