'Colgate' Fishing Weight EOA:2022.2133D Model
Intrusive find:Fishing weight from the wreck of the Earl Of Abergavenny.
EOA:2022.213 OE473: Temp 159
Collection: Earl of Abergavenny
Classification: Intrusive
Measurements: Diameter: 34mm Height 72mm
Date made: early 20th Century
Display: G2 C2 Shelf 5
Manufacturer/Creator: Colgate & Co, USA
Credit: Portland Museum Trust
This fishing weight is known as an “intrusive” find, as despite being found on the wreck site of the Earl Of Abergavenny, it doesn’t relate to the ship at all. Created from a Colgate shaving stick tin it was probably lost by a local fisherman over a hundred years after the Abergavenny sank. The text ‘Colgate & Co, Shaving Stick, New York, USA’ is still legible.
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