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TOY
Unique ID: NLM-592515
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy
Possible Toy Gun. Curved cast fragment; comprising the butt and one side of the handle of a toy gun made in at least two pieces, strengthened with a mid rib and thickened at its made end. The inside is recessed, a feature which may have helped accommodate other moving parts, perhaps a trigger mechanism, with walls circa 2.3mm thick elsewhere. The display side bears a low relief pattern of cross hatched lines with a lozenge in each of its compartments, within a grooved border. The form resembles that of toy petronels or cavalry pistols reported from London, where a 17th-century date is suggested (Forsyth and Egan 2005, page 97, no. 1.39). The composite construction suspected here is more sophisticated, and an accordingly broader date range may be appropriate. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1800.
Length: 31.0mm, Width: 11.4mm, Thickness (overall): 4.5mm, Weight: 6.93gms
Class: Gun
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 11.4 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 6.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th May 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM19817
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Fonaby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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