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TOY
Unique ID: IOW-9DF852
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete post-Medieval to Modern lead alloy toy gun (c. 1850-c. 1920).
The hollow object is sub-triangular in plan and pointed oval in cross-section. Both sides have similar decoration. The fore-stock is decorated with impressed cross-hatching. The shoulder stock has raised floral decoration which is formed of lines of pellets and "rosettes". There is a plain seam above and below.
This toy is dark grey with some off-white deposits.
Length: 32.0mm; width: 15.4mm; thickness: 8.6mm. Weight: 10.23g (the weight includes a small portion of debris within).
Class: Gun
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1920
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 15.4 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Weight: 10.23 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 28th December 2016 - Wednesday 28th December 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2017-7-263
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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