A vintage grave plot marker number 83. I do not know the age but may be a early 20th century.
An unusual collectible, garden feature or maybe for some a quirky house / flat / apartment number / drive / allotment marker.
Numbered markers like this were used to mark grave plots awaiting allocation but also, over history, have been used for prisoners, convicts, asylum patients, paupers and unknown victims of disasters, warfare, accidents and disease.
It has a galvanised iron stem and the lozenge shaped plaque is made of a painted alloy. The plaque is riveted on to the stem and is not quite straight.
The metal is sound and good but is darkened and weathered and has some patches of rust and of whitening to the zinc and other minor blemishes.
The numbers are 25mm (1 inches) tall.
The plaque measures about 9.5 x 5.5 cm (3.75 x 2.1 inches)
Weighs about 210g (7oz).
Thanks for looking. Please check out my other items I have lots of other quirky and unusual items.
This is fixed price listing; no offers are invited thanks.
Thanks for looking. Please check out my other items. I sometimes have other grave markers listed and other quirky items. Please check out the oddities and curios section of my shop.
If you buy multiple items, I will refund any postage savings.
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Parcel size <250g
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