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TOY
Unique ID: NLM-698F74
Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead alloy toy soldier fragment. Solid cast semi-flat figure of c.25mm scale representing the naturalistically modelled horse of a light cavalryman in Western European uniform. The figure is identifiable by its saddlecloth detail and blanket roll. The rider is lost, and appears to have been modelled separately; a hole of diameter c.2mm in the saddle would have received a pin projecting from between the rider's thighs. The lower legs, head and tail of the horse are also lost, and it is patinated overall . The manufacture of flat and semi-flat toy soldiers was a German speciality for which Nuremburg was an important centre. These would often be made to a high standard of detail and accuracy. This toy would have been imported before the First World War, and is one of several broken toys reported from the same location. Suggested date: Modern, 1880-1914.
Length: 30.5mm, Height: 23.4mm, Thickness: 4.5mm, Weight: 9.63gms.
Class: Soldier
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1880
Date to: Exactly AD 1914
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.5 mm
Height: 23.4 mm
Thickness: 4.5 mm
Weight: 9.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23545a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Northorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8894
Four figure Latitude: 53.43544575
Four figure longitude: -0.6768332
1:25K map: SK8894
1:10K map: SK89SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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