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TOY
Unique ID: GLO-CA0511
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast sheet lead alloy child's toy length 37mm width 30mm, thickness 2mm, weight 14.84g. This is triangular in plan and represents the lower half of a female figure wearing a long, wide dress. The upper body has been truncated resulting in the loss of the arms and head. The top part of the dress has two sections of cross-hatched decoration, representing lace panels. In the middle of the dress is a transverse band flanked by opposing arches, then a band of striations at the base. The rear is decorated with cross-hatching.
1580-1650
See SUR-2DC8B1 for a complete example.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1580
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 14.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Monday 30th April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 5265
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: Highnam
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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