Record ID: KENT-9251A6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A virtually complete cast copper alloy toy miniature cannon of post-medieval date (c.1700 - 1850). Description: The object has a circular barrel which tapers slightly in diameter from the cascabel  to the muzzle. The cascabel is conical and terminates in a button which appears originally have been globular; the end has been broken. Below the cascabel lies the vent field containing a circular touch hole and bounded by the base ring and vent field astragal.The two trunnions are circular in section, pointed and project from a collar about one third of the wa…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CE8E38
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval lead-alloy toy plate dating to the 18th century. The plate, when complete, was circular, but it has lost a portion at one point of its circumference, possibly lost after deposition. It has a shallow flange and ringed base. Its beaded rim is indicative of a later date (Forsyth and Egan 2005, 247). The central face of the plate is decorated with a ring of fleurs-de-lis. Dimensions: diameter: 40.52 mm; thickness: 0.97 mm; weight: 5.70 g A similar example can be found in Forsyth and Egan (2005, 266, no. 8.71), which is recorded as a toy dish of Design…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2018
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Record ID: FAKL-9B8CF1
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval, (c.1600-1700) toy in the form of cast lead alloy bowl, flared sides with a sharply everted rim, marked with a circumferential rib. Inside the bowl its base is marked with a ring of small lis, separated by pellets. On the underside of the bowl is a low foot-ring. The bowl is damaged with about 30% of its diameter missing. This bowl is best paralleled by an example from London which Forsythe and Egan placed in their Design 26 (Forsythe and Egan, 2005, 254, Fig. 8.26). It was dated by them to the seventeenth century. Diameter 51.7mm, Height 12.6mm, Wall section 1.3mm. Mass…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E65988
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete lead-alloy miniature toy musket, dating from the post-medieval period. The barrel is of sub-oval cross-section with a hollow bore of 5mm. There is a raised ridge along the top of the barrel, commencing 5mm from the handle end and measuring 10mm long and 2mm high. There are three projections from the base of the barrel, presumably to illustrate a trigger, lock and guard. There is a groove running along the lower edge of the barrel extending to the handle on both surfaces, front and back, with vertical line decoration above, running parallel. There are further embellishmen…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Record ID: LON-88796E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval lead alloy toy dish, dating to the 17th century. This dish has a very broad flange and small recessed centre. The rim has a rope twist edge and the flange is decorated with foliate scrolling which encloses a plain cartouche with forms a maker's mark. The inscription inside the cartouche is DQ, with a crescent and two pellets above and a pellet below. There is a five-petalled double rose in the centre and the calyx points extend beyond and between the outer row of petals. The central petals of the double rose are very rounded and do not mirror the shape of the outer pet…
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2016
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-FB9929
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
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 in diameter from the cascable to the muzzle. The cascable end is fluted with a raised rim from which a rounded neck extends terminating in a projecting knop at the end. The neck has two circumferential incised rings. Two trunnions, or basal lugs, for attachment to a block or stock project midway along the barrel and are set on a raised ridge. The muzzle end extends terminating in a flared opening. The metal has a brassy b…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
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Record ID: LON-67D29E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead-alloy toy in the form of a horse and rider, probably dating 17th to 18th century. It is a Type 5 Equestrian figure (Forsyth and Egan 2005), being flat with mouldings on both sides. The rider can be seen with a wide-brimmed hat and long coat with wide cuffs, and long cuffed boots. The figure is holding onto the reigns of the horse. The horse has a decorative saddle and appears to be moving with pace, although one hind leg is missing and the other hind leg is bent upwards. The tail of the horse is missing. This metal has a light grey colour with patches …
Created on: Monday 12th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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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: LANCUM-5727FE
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An complete but damaged lead-alloy hornbook dating from the post-medieval period, probably the 17th century AD. The hornbook is rectangular in plan and section, with rounded knops on each corner. It bears raised text on the obverse and moulded hatched geometrical decoration on the reverse. It has a small handle at the bottom, shaped like a female head with a bonnet, resembling the heads of small post-medieval toy folls or figurines. The obverse of the hornbook is decorated with a framed border and six moulded lines within which are the letters of the alphabet arranged in four lines…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nateby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A3C45E
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and almost complete post-Medieval lead whirligig or buzz disc/wheel of possible 17th to 18th century date. This toy has been made from a token and has a serrated outer edge and two string holes at the centre. All the regularly spaced serrations have been crudely made, possibly by chopping or shearing. One face has raised initial capital letters: B H and possibly a W above. The other face has a raised square shield. The disc is buff and two serrations are missing due to breaks. Diameter: 34.6mm; thickness: 2.4mm. Weight: 16.13g. A number of these toys are illustr…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6CDF83
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval lead-alloy toy, cast in the round, of a soldier in a semi kneeling postition (on one knee), on a thin flat base, now a little distorted. The head of the soilder is now missing. One arm is bent at the elbow and held in front of the body; the other is bent up with the hand on the shoulder. The posture suggests he was pointing a weapon forward, possibly a flintlock rifle, which is now missing. He is wearing bulky shorts with relief decoration which has evidence of orange paint in the crevices. Otherwise there is a grey patina. The figure is 22.86mm high, 22.20mm long, is …
Created on: Friday 1st January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2016
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Record ID: SOM-2A3937
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy post-medieval multi-component three-dimensional toy pistol dating to between c. 1620-1640. The stock, barrel, pan and ramrod pipe have been cast in one piece. There are four holes in the stock, three for the lock mechanism and one for the ramrod. The plain stock has a long tapering butt which terminates in a plain hexagonally fluted ovoid pommel. There would have been a double lock mechanism consisting of two serpentine cocks and a pin, the trigger and the trigger spring pivot on three rivets plugged into the stock. Both cocks have become separated from the main barrel …
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C38D1C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy miniature toy musket, dating from the post-medieval period. The barrel is of sub-oval cross section with a hollow bore of 4-5mm. The downward-angling handle has a pentagonal cross section and tapers towards a wider 'fishtail' butt. The sub-rectangular trigger guard (there is no trigger) is located on the underside, straddling the handle and butt. At the handle end of the barrel is a circular pan for the priming powder and, in front of this, a rectangular moulding. Both sides of the handle and butt are decorated by a longitudinal line of ring-and-dot punchmarks. Le…
Created on: Monday 30th November 2015
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-60302A
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Lead alloy Post Medieval (c.AD17th-18th Century) toy mirror with open work design. Mirror has a decorated top with an integral hanging loop, below which is scroll work and the outer frame. The outer frame is decorated with attached pellets groups of three at the corners and in the middle of the frame with one placed in between. This is connected to the inner frame by diamond fret work decorated with pellets and ridged to resemble rope. The inner frame has a medial ridge and on the inside is beaded. There are three points on the outer frame where it has been folded over as …
Created on: Tuesday 20th October 2015
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6548F0
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Published
A lead-alloy toy, known as a whirligig or buzz wheel, dating from the post-medieval or early modern period (AD 1600-1800). The whirligig is broadly circular in plan with about a quarter of the edge missing. It has been formed from a thick sheet of lead alloy. The edges of the toy are scalloped. Through the centre of the disc are two relatively even, widely spaced pierced holes. The whirligig is a creamy grey colour. The diameter is 39.60mm, 2.62 thick, and weighs 20g. The scalloped edge of our buzzer identifies it more particularly as a 'buzz saw' toy. The shaped edge will prod…
Created on: Saturday 26th September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-0B1C7B
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly corroded and bent post-medieval lead-alloy toy watch: a double-sided example. The object is circular and bifacially moulded in low relief. Within a wide border is a repeating, swirling foliate design. The chapter ring is marked with the Roman hours I-XII with pellet half-hour marks. The dial centre is enclosed within a circle. The two hands indicate a time of approximately 12:27. The design is repeated on the other surface broadly at a 12 o'clock die axis relationship. The object measures 46.04mm in diameter, 3.57mm thick, and weighs 23.9g The object can be compared w…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Guldeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E0F9AA
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval whirligig or buzz disc/wheel, which has been cut from lead-alloy sheeting. The buzz disc has a notched (serrated) edge of many teeth, now abraded, and two slightly off-central holes (4.31mm in diameter), through which a looped string or cord would have been threaded. The disc is 53.16 mm in diameter, 1.70 mm thick and weighs 29.6g. It is slightly bent. It has a dark grey patina shading to white at the edges. A number of these toys are illustrated in Egan and Forsyth (2005, 387-391). The dating of these toys is uncertain but Egan and Forsyth suggest a 17th - 18th …
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Guldeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: FAKL-89801C
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a post Medieval, cast lead alloy, toy. This consists of part of what appears to have been, a rectangular panel, truncated at one end and bearing what had been elaborate decoration set within raised, pelleted, frames. On one face the design consist of a running pattern of linked pellets in groups of four, each with a central pellet. The other face bears a more elaborate grouping of pellets which may have been floral. Length 21.9mm, Width 19.0mm, Thickness 1.7mm, Mass 4.14g. While it is impossible to be certain this fragment has some resemblence to some of the seventeenth…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 29th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elloughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FFEC22
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead hornbook fragment, probably a toy. Cast thin sheet bearing the alphabet rendered in Roman capitals with pellet serifs, probably over four lines. The surviving fragment reads + A... / EFGHI.. / MNOPQ.. / a vertically ribbed zone / ...TVWXY.../ ...AbCdEF... / HIKLM... / A curved edge and undecorated band around the start of the first three lines and perhaps the last readable line may suggest the object was originally circular. The reverse is undecorated. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1550-1650. Length/Height: 51.1mm, Width: 41.5mm, estimated diameter: c.100mm, Thickness: 2.5m…
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Rampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9F69C2
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-Medieval solid cast-lead toy or gaming piece in the form of an owl (c. 1700-c. 1800). The standing (or perched) owl is integral with a sub-circular misshapen flat base. The owl is convex and moulded at the front and flat at the rear. At the front, the raised eyes and beak are clear. Its body plumage at the front is represented by raised cross hatching. A wing at the right side is folded. The rear is plain and the underside of the base is concave with raised lines which probably represent the surface of the mould. The object has a buff patina overall. Height: 3…
Created on: Saturday 30th November 2013
Last updated: Saturday 19th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.