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TOY
Unique ID: NCL-A3FCA3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast lead doll of Post-Medieval date, c 1650-1670.
The doll is the upper half of the woman only, cast with detailed in moulded relief. The doll has a domed face with eyes and nose in relief, framed by flaring collar to each side and a row of curled hair above. A pearl necklace separates the face and the body, which has a strip of square panels running down each side and the centre of the chest, between a pair of domed breasts. The arms emerge from the shoulder and bend down at the elbow in narrow sleeves, such that each arm is shaped like the number 7. The arms join the body at the waist, but a fold or bend has snapped the lower body off of the doll.
The reverse is also decorated, bearing the same deocration as the face, but lacking a pearl necklace.
The doll can be dated based on the fasion of the large, fan-shaped collar and hair curled/contained atop the head.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in PostMedArch
Class: Doll
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1615
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 68.84 mm
Width: 70.25 mm
Thickness: 8.62 mm
Weight: 17.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007 - Monday 31st December 2007
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
District: Northumberland (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Netherwitton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NZ1090
Four figure Latitude: 55.20416
Four figure longitude: -1.84442
1:25K map: NZ1090
1:10K map: NZ19SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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