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TOY
Unique ID: NLM-7AA2F7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy toy, part of a toy pistol. Cast plate with a framed lettered panel on which one character is suspected and the letter R appears clearly, with an adjacent panel framed by close set pellets. This may be from near the representation of the lock plate of a pistol at the change in angle between hand grip and barrel. Iron staining may suggest the proximity of ferrous metal parts, now lost. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850.
Length: 33mm, Width: 10.9mm, Thickness: 1.9mm, Weight: 3.84gms.
Class: Gun
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 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 10.9 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 3.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 22nd November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24312a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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