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TOY
Unique ID: CORN-8DA342
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast lead alloy toy figure of a rider on horseback, missing his head, and the head and legs of the horse. The figure has been decorated on both sides, with different details of the rider and horse on each side. The rider is wearing the typical attire of a cavalryman consisting of a skirted tunic, trousers and knee-high boots, with a strap across the chest which connects to the sword belt which in turn suspends the scabbard on one side. He holds the reins in his left hand and reaches out with his right, likely with a sword in his hand, but this is missing. The rider is sitting on a saddle with raised semi-circular ends, with perhaps a carbine boot attached to the back behind the scabbard, on top of a blanket with a trapezoidal raised border. The object was obviously meant to be seen from both sides so it would not have been a badge, but perhaps more likely a toy as it has no means of attachment left extant.
Two-sided horsemen in a similar style are recorded in YORYM-C05320, SOM-7C06A6, and KENT-63A138, which are identified as late post-medieval to early modern toys.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 32.5 mm
Width: 29.4 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 12.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th January 2013 - Tuesday 15th January 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Camborne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW6240
Four figure Latitude: 50.212032
Four figure longitude: -5.337195
1:25K map: SW6240
1:10K map: SW60SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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