Record ID: YORYM-39833C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy toy furniture piece of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1700. Possibly a leg from a table, chair, stool, or cauldron. The object comprises an ovate sectioned leg, seemingly zoomorphic in nature, four ridge and groove defined toes and moulded creases at the ankle and knee. The top of the leg flattens out at 90 degrees and splits into a U-shaped flat hollow surface. The edges of the flat surface are broken and worn. The metal has a mid-yellow/brown patina and is in fair condition. The object is 28.8mm long, 21.3mm wide, 11.4mm thick and weighs 18.2g. Toy c…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-92DA82
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy toy, known as a whirligigs or buzz wheel, of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 – 1800. The object is broadly circular with a serrated outer edge.  Two off-centre perforations are present and no decoration is evident on either side of the disc. The metal has a mid-grey/white patina and is worn. The object is 43.7mm in diameter, 3.8mm thick and weighs 40.9g. Whirligigs or buzz wheels were mounted on looped strings which were held in tension at each end. Rapid rotation twisted the strings and alternate pulling and relaxing causes a whirring noise from …
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-87D081
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead toy of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 – 1700. The object is the head from a three-dimensional toy. It has moulded features including large circular eyes, and elongated triangular nose, pronounced circular cheeks and full lips. The face is flanked by moulded ridge and groove decoration in the form of wide hair. The hair is denoted to the reverse of the object by two transverse raised ridges with incised grooves. The object displays worn breaks to the upper head and the neck. The metal has a dark grey patina and is worn. The object is 15.4mm long, 19mm wide, 7.…
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-E477C1
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead toy in the shape of a horse of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1650 - 1900. The horse appears to be in a run or canter front legs raised and back legs spread; one forward, one back. The foot of each leg is lost to worn breaks, as is the horse’s tail. The bridle wear can be seen across the head of the horse with reigns resting around its neck and a blanket on its back. A small circular indentation is present on the back of the horse which may have been used to hold a separate rider in place The metal has a mid-yellowish-brown patina and is worn. The toy is…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-C9D226
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead sandal or shoe of Post-Medieval date, c.1500 – 1700. The sole is formed of a thick curvilinear plate, squared to the heel end with a prominent medial arch to the right edge (suggesting it represents the left shoe), and is broken and worn to the toe end. The straps of the shoe are formed of two crossed ovate sectioned strips which extend from either side of the toe to the opposite median point. A raised heel is present to the base of the object and the tread is depicted by an incised grid. The metal has a dark grey patina and is worn. The object is 26.7…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-AE136E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead toy gun, probably a petronel, of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1750. Only the stock remains. The stock is curved with moulded decoration on both sides. The object is too worn for the decoration to be adequately determined. The stock is open to the butt end and appears hollow. The opposite end is solid with iron corrosion. The metal has a mid-yellow/grey patina and is worn. The object is 36.6mm long, 13.8mm wide, 7.5mm thick and weighs 12.2g. Parallels are illustrated in Forsyth & Egan (2005), p.90-96. This is likely to have been a firing toy, and would…
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-03FDCA
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy whirligig or buzz disc/wheel toy of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1800. The toy is sub-circular in plan and sub-rectangular in section. It has a serrated outer edge and two string holes at the centre. Both sides appear to be plain. The points are blunt. The metal has a creamy white/yellow patina and is worn. The object is 35.5mm in diameter, 4.3mm thick and weighs 28.9g. Numerous similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database including IOW-F2B258, BERK-7BD8D6; BH-C1A5C7; GLO-7194F8; HESH-901BA4; IOW-776293; IOW-89F367; SWYOR-03BC96; SWYOR-0E4439;…
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-B9F53C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy toy miniature cannon of late Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1600 - 1800. The toy is comprised of a circular barrel, or cascable, which tapers slightly in diameter to a plain muzzle. The cannon has two raised collars approximately halfway along its length, gradually widening the object towards the cascable end. Widening further from the collars is a raised ridge, from which projects two integral trunnions, or basal lugs, for attachment to a block or stock. The cascable end of the cannon is rounded and bears a small perforation in one side. It terminates in a flared…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th January 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6EDC24
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ceramic figurine in the form of a child's doll of probable post medieval date, 1800 - 1900. The figurine is broken and the lower legs are missing. These small ceramic dolls were sold as childrens' toys, and were extremely popular in the mid to late 19th century, in both Britain and North America. Most were manufactured in Germany. The dolls were nicknamed 'Frozen Charlottes', the name relating to an American folk ballad 'Fair Charlotte', in turn based upon the poem 'A Corpse Going to a Ball' by Seba Smith. The poem tells of a young girl called Charlotte, who refused t…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-EB5CE8
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy toy cannon fragment of Post-Medieval date, circa AD1700 - 1900. The copper alloy versions of these models were produced as complete working models of their larger counterparts, though the durability of a lead alloy version charged with black powder is debateable. There are two trunnions protruding from each side of the object, which would have enabled the piece to be elevated and mounted onto a wooden wheeled carriage. There are three reinforcing rings on the barrel, which gently tapers from the vent towards the muzzle. There is slight damage to the muzzle end and the can…
Created on: Sunday 19th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-67FD07
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead toy or whirligig. An irregular rectangle cut from cast sheet of with two adjacent holes set near-centrally, and with a serrated edge with triangular teeth spaced around its edge. A string would be doubled and passed through the two holes, and when the string was pulled sharply taut the object would spin and produce a buzzing sound. This is clearly a plaything improvised from a scrap of lead used for other purpose; in this case the gauge of the sheet is a little light for heavy structural uses. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. The length is 28mm and the width is 28mm.
Created on: Monday 13th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th March 2017
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Record ID: YORYM-DD9911
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead toy of late post-medieval to modern date, c.AD 1700 - 1900. The toy is in the form of a horse with only the head and neck remaining. The bridle wear can be clearly seen with the reigns resting around its neck. The body has been lost to an old worn break. A casting line is present around the remaining piece of the object. The metal has a dark brown-grey patina and is worn. The toy is 23.3mm long, 19.1mm wide, 6.6mm thick and weighs 4.8g.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2017
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Record ID: YORYM-359AD5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead-alloy spinning top of Post-Medieval date. The object comprises a circular disc with raised rim and conical protrusions extending from its centre on either side. The cones are slightly misaligned to the disc. The metal has a creamy white patina and is worn. The object is 22.1mm long, 12.8mm in diameter at the disc, 3.8mm in diameter at the narrowest point of the cones and weighs 8.7g. A similar example has been recorded as SUR-E04773Z. Twirling toys are also discussed in Egan (2005), p.333 as toys designed to spin on their axis by the twisting action of the fin…
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2016
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2016
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Record ID: FAKL-98E6F3
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Modern, toy cannon, cast copper alloy and closely following the pattern of eighteen-early nineteenth century guns. The barrel tapers slightly towards the flared muzzle which is marked by a circumferential moulding and a narrow, incised ring. The muzzle opening is 4.5mm in diameter and is octagonal for a short distence down the bore. The touch-hole is 2.0mm in diameter and is flanked by circumferential mouldings. The breach end of the gun bears a ball shaped castable separated from the barrel by a series of circumferencial grooves which may have been cut on a lathe. In the end of …
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2016
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-DA418B
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy toy miniature cannon of late post-medieval date. The toy is comprised of a circular barrel, or cascable, which tapers in diameter from the cascable to the muzzle. The cascable end is fluted with a raised rim and projecting knop at the end. Two trunnions, or basal lugs for attachment to a block or stock project midway along the barrel across whcih casting flashes remain. The muzzle is preceded by two, circumferential collars. The metal has a mid-brown patina and is worn. The cannon is 28.5mm long, 13.9mm wide at the trunnions, 6.3mm in diameter and weighs …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2015
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Record ID: YORYM-C8A386
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy toy of post-medieval date. The object is comprised of a circular disc with slightly domed central portion to one side. The opposite side is flat except for an integral shank extending from the centre to the edge and continuing to a worn break. A bulbous knop is present where the two element meet at the centre and there is a raised ridge across the bar at the edge of the disc. The object resembles a wheel from the landing gear of an aeroplane. The metal has a dark-brown patina and is worn. The object is 28mm long, the disc is 15.1mm in diameter, the shank is…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Record ID: YORYM-B741DD
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly complete lead alloy toy of post-medieval date. The toy is in the form of a crude human figure as seen from the side. The head is ovate with a slight pointed projection for the nose and a recess for the mouth. This is connected to an ovate body b and integral neck. At the bottom of the body, a rectangular leg projects terminating in a distorted foot. The metal has a mid-whitish-yellow patina and is worn. The toy is 69.7mm long, 19.2mm wide, 5.5mm thick and weighs 41.1g. Egan (2005, p.141) states that "human figures have long been amongst the most obvious category of pl…
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2015
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Record ID: YORYM-0ED88A
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead alloy toy axehead of Post-Medieval date. The axehead is trapezoidal in plan flaring out from a rectangular butt end to a wide splayed blade. Mid-way along the shaft is a tubular moulding by which the axe (if functional) would have been hafted. The surface of the axehead bears traces of decoration though the advance wear makes its exact nature difficult to determine. The metal is a mid greyish-white colour and is worn. The axehead is 23.9mm long, 20.4mm wide, 8mm thick and weighs 3.5g.
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd February 2015
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Record ID: YORYM-C0E599
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy toy of post-medieval date. The toy is incomplete makings it's interpretation difficult. The main body of the object is conical with hatching decoration around its circumference and a circular sectioned, bent arm extending from one end. Casting flashes are present along both sides of the toy. It is possible that this toy is either a wicker-style basket of skirted figure to be seated on a horse though no parallel could be found in the usual literature. The toy is 31.2mm long, 17.3mm wide, 11.3mm thick and weighs 17.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Record ID: YORYM-174CDD
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy toy miniature cannon of late post-medieval date. The toy is comprised of a circular barrel, or cascable, which tapers in diameter from the cascable to the muzzle. The cascable end is slightly fluted with a raised rim and projecting knop at the end. Two trunnions, or basal lugs for attachment to a block or stock project midway along the barrel. The tip of the muzzle is lost to old breaks. The metal has a mid brown patina and is worn. The cannon is 52.1mm long, 27.7mm wide at the trunnions, 10.1mm in diameter and weighs 15.5g. Numerous similar, though s…
Created on: Wednesday 17th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th December 2014
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