Record ID: YORYM-99E927 - MEDIEVAL toy

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Unique ID: YORYM-99E927

Identification supplied by Jim Halliday:

A damaged, Miniature Pear-shaped lead alloy jug.
13th to 15th century.

Description: a cast lead alloy miniature jug, most likely having a long neck and probably a flared rim with a pouring lip which are now broken off and missing, Also the handle is broken off and only a trace of it on the main body of the jug remains. There is a flat base and a well defined casting seam showing at the side beneath the remains of the handle. The integral cast decoration to the body of the jug seems to represent basket work. Close examination with a glass shows that the remains of the neck had irregular zig zag design as the example found in Deighton (North Yorkshire).

Reference: Toys, Trifles & Trinkets Base Metal Miniatures From London 1200 to 1800. p290-291.

Comment: Hazel Forsyth and Geoff Egan discuss miniature toy jugs similar to this one in the pages of the above mentioned publication and describe them as scaled down copies of recorded ceramic jugs of the period. The pear-shaped miniature jugs of the type illustrated here are thought to date from the medieval period of the 13th century and on into the late 15th century but there is no firm recorded date as to when ceramic jugs of this type went out of production.

Notes:

This artefact was shown to Jim Halliday, who has recorded the details and passed them to the PAS. The FLO has not seen the object and Jim Halliday supplied the photographs.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1500

Dimensions and weight

Length: 36 mm
Width: 33.5 mm
Thickness: 29.3 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: York
To be known as: Near York

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Jim Halliday - [view all attributed records]

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