Jim,
 
Well, let's just hope they were not straining tomato juice with the lead  
strainer, as that is how people got lead poisoning. It reminds me of a drain  
strainer too, but probably not within the technology of the 17th century.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
 
 
In a message dated 5/31/2008 2:26:28 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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Fellow  HistArchers:
I'm trying to identify a lead artifact, oval (3.2 x 2.4  inches, 0.09 inches 
thick), perforated, and collected from a field along with  late 17th and early 
18th-century artifacts. It's image appears on our project  blog for Saturday 
(today). Help in identifying it would be appreciated. Thank  you.
Jim Gibb
http://porttobacco.blogspot.com


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