Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
TOY
Unique ID: FAKL-89801C
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Fragment of a post Medieval, cast lead alloy, toy. This consists of part of what appears to have been, a rectangular panel, truncated at one end and bearing what had been elaborate decoration set within raised, pelleted, frames. On one face the design consist of a running pattern of linked pellets in groups of four, each with a central pellet. The other face bears a more elaborate grouping of pellets which may have been floral. Length 21.9mm, Width 19.0mm, Thickness 1.7mm, Mass 4.14g.
While it is impossible to be certain this fragment has some resemblence to some of the seventeenth century toy furniture shown by Forsyth and Egan (2005, 214, No. 6.30 dated to 1640), The 'cluttered' nature of the decoration on the object recorded here is in keeping with a seventeenth cenury date.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.9 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 4.14 g
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: ELL 359
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Elloughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 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 | 214 | 6.30 |
Similar objects
Find number: GLO-7D7691
Object type: TOY
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
Fragment of copper alloy toy musket length 76mm, height.33mm, thickness 9mm, weight .37.64g. Hexagonal barrel, the end has been broken, the tr…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: PUBLIC-43E291
Object type: TOY
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A large fragment of copper alloy toy musket length 74.70mm, height.28.20mm, thickness 10.84mm, weight 33.6g. Hexagonal barrel, the end has be…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: PUBLIC-D8668A
Object type: TOY
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A fragment of a Post Medieval lead-alloy toy horse and carriage/coach, dating 17th - 18th century. The fragment consists of an eight-spoked w…
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