2011-12-22 15:20:11 Kath Creed kcreed 2012-01-23 18:26:00 Kath Creed kcreed LON-34AAB1 TOY A slightly corroded and bent post-medieval openwork lead-alloy toy watch. The object is flat, circular and unifacially moulded in low relief. Within a beaded border is an openwork design of a lozenges within a circle with a scroll on either side; this design is repeated equally four times. The inner part of the border design touches the chapter ring which is marked with the Roman hours I-XII with pellet half-hour marks. The dial centre is enclosed within another pellet border; this centre is again openwork with a scroll in each quarter, divided by central cross. The cross has 3 pellets at its centre; one in the centre and one adjoining on the vertical arms; these pellets may indicate that these lines represent the hands of the clock. On the outer edge directly above XII on the face is a loop imitating the attachment loop of a pocket watch. This is now bent, and part of the outer beaded border has broken off. The toy measures 59.4mm (length) x 51.1mm (width) x 1.8mm (thickness) and weighs 10.21g. Forsyth and Egan (2005, 338) date toy watches to c.1625 to 1800 AD. A slightly corroded and bent post-medieval openwork lead-alloy toy watch. The object is flat, circular and unifacially moulded in low relief. Within a beaded border is an openwork design of a lozenges within a circle with a scroll on either side; this design is repeated equally four times. The in... This toy watch was found with an identical second toy, on this database as LON-348B90 Lead Alloy Cast POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL POST MEDIEVAL 1625 1800 51.1 59.4 1.8 Incomplete 2011-12-22 15:20:11 GREATER LONDON SOUTHWARK BERMONDSEY ROTHERHITHE AND SOUTHWARK POINT( ) Calculated from parish centroid TQ37NW TQ3479 29.06.2003 Metal detector Found on the Thames foreshore 1 LON Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2011 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.