LANCUM-EC184C: Post-medieval or modern whirligig or buzz wheel

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Unique ID: LANCUM-EC184C

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete and slightly misshapen or unfinished cast lead or lead-alloy whirligig or buzz disc/wheel probably dating from the modern period, that is the 19th or early 20th century.

The toy is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It consists of a disc with a partly serrated outer edge. It is, however, unfinished: where there should be ca 12 uneven teeth (or cogs), there are only 4-5 and these have been crudely made, possibly by chopping or shearing. There are two string holes in the centre. There is no decoration on either side of the whirligig.

Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BH-C1A5C7; LANCUM-64A3C4; GLO-7194F8; HESH-901BA4; IOW-776293; IOW-89F367; IOW-9B8222; LANCUM-245857; LON-B3CA75; NARC-867137; NMS-2C91D5; PUBLIC-296871; SOM-76B0F3; SOM-A6D351; SUR-9DAA62; SUSS-59D9A6; SWYOR-03BC96; WMID-7AC2E3; YORYM-7C1288 and IOW-F05852

A number of these toys are illustrated in Forsyth and Egan 2005: 387-391. The dating of these toys is uncertain but Forsyth and Egan suggest a 17th-18th century date, one of these toys has come from an archaeological context dated 1675-1700.

Forsyth, H. and Egan, G. 2005. Toys, Trifles & Trinkets: Base-Metal Miniatures from London 1200-1800. London: Unicorn Press.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MODERN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MODERN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1950

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 23 g
Diameter: 40 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th October 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 0737

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Harrogate (District)
To be known as: Ripon

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Grassland, Heathland
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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