Rights Holder: Norfolk County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
TOY
Unique ID: NMS-2C91D5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post-medieval lead whirligig or buzz wheel, sub-circular, with thirty-five V-shaped peripheral notches of varying sizes. Diameter 40 - 44mm. Thickness 2 - 2.3mm. The string holes, diameter 4mm, are 3mm apart. Weight 25.28g. Most such objects found in London are of lead alloy (Forsyth with Egan 2005, 387-91), but this example seems to be of nearly pure lead. 17th - 18th century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 25.28 g
Diameter: 44 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2012 - Wednesday 31st October 2012
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33431
Other reference: ET122012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Tacolneston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1494
Four figure Latitude: 52.501884
Four figure longitude: 1.151503
1:25K map: TM1494
1:10K map: TM19SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth, H. with Egan, G. | 2005 | Toys, Trifles and Trinkets: Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800 | London | Unicorn Press Ltd | 387-91 |
Similar objects
Find number: LVPL-3749F7
Object type: TOY
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A lead alloy whirligig or buzz wheel. The object is sub-circular in plan with 29 V-shaped peripheral notches of varying sizes. The object has…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: PUBLIC-6548F0
Object type: TOY
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
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 b…
Workflow: Published
Find number: PUBLIC-950BA3
Object type: TOY
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
An incomplete, post-medieval, sheet lead whirligig or buzz disc/wheel of probable 17th to 18th century date.
Description: The toy consist…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618