Geoff,  "Architectural Building Trades Dictionary", Putnam A.E. and G.E. 
Carlson,  1974.   They call it a "lead screw anchor"  Lucy is out of town I 
was checking her E-Mail, hope this helps  Martin Dickinson
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> anyone out there up on construction terms?
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> Subject: [FISH] Looking for an object name
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> Dear all
>
> We are trying to work out what we should call the piece of lead that
> secures a piece of architectural iron work (such as an iron railing)
> into a socket in a piece of masonry.  My best attempt so far is "masonry
> socket fill" which is not very elegant.  Do any of you have any better
> suggestions, or indeed do you know of an existing name for this?
>
> Trevor Reynolds
> Collections Registrar
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