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TOY
Unique ID: NMS-4DC9E2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Post-medieval copper alloy toy pistol, barrel with ramrod pipe, stock with pan and touch hole, butt with octagonally faceted pointed oval pommel terminal. Four holes in the stock, three for the missing lock mechanism and one for the ramrod. Decorated with stamped annulets and engraved transverse lines on the upper faces of the faceted barrel. Length 152mm. Barrel internal diam. 5mm. See Forsyth with Egan 2005, 98-103. c.1620-40
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 1620
Date to: Circa AD 1640
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 152 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd May 2013 - Wednesday 22nd May 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMD042013
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
Parish or ward: Brome and Oakley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM1576
Four figure Latitude: 52.339917
Four figure longitude: 1.154648
1:25K map: TM1576
1:10K map: TM17NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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