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TOY
Unique ID: SUR-CFA6C6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post medieval cast lead alloy toy watch or clock face, now bent. The hands appear to be set at 4 o'clock. The outer border contains alternating sprigs and 'flowers'. The numeral VI is mistakenly shown as IV. The clock belongs to Egan's Type 5 and is similar to Design 26.
Class: Clock
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Date from: Circa AD 1670
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.01 g
Diameter: 36.44 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: B12-321
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Theale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU6671
Four figure Latitude: 51.434165
Four figure longitude: -1.051941
1:25K map: SU6671
1:10K map: SU67SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth, H. with Egan, G. | 2005 | Toys, Trifles and Trinkets: Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800 | London | Unicorn Press Ltd |
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