Best ore

Made:: before 1889

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Best ore, as smelted on the ore hearth, Keld Head Lead Works
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Best ore, as smelted on the ore hearth, Keld Head Lead Works, near Leyburn, Yorkshire

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Category:: Metallurgy

Object Number:: 1889-164/1449

type:: specimen

credit:: John Percy Collection

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