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TOY
Unique ID: NMGW-9D9BEC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Post medieval copper alloy toy gun of 17th - 18th century date
The gun is incomplete missing the butt and trigger guard (with a surviving length of 57.9mm and a weight of 12.8g). The barrel is of sub-oval section, with straight, faceted sides and is widest at the stock (at 6.8mm and 5.3mm x 6.8mm at the end of the barrel). The corrosion has closed barrel, making it difficult to determine the bore. The vent is small and is also closed by corrosion with a rounded wedge beneath the pan, which may have served as a hold for the match (Egan & Forsyth 2005, 89). Possibly Egan and Forsyth's Type 2 dated to 1600-1640 (Egan and Forsyth, 2005, pp 92) . There is no decoration now discernible on the gun. The surface is heavily-corroded and has largely been stripped to the red-brown metal.
1. Egan G. and Forsyth, H. 2005; Toys, Trinkets and Trifles: Base Metal Miniatures from London's River Foreshore 1150-1800: Base Metal Miniatures from London C. 1200 to C. 1800, Museum of London
Class: toy gun
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57.9 mm
Weight: 12.8 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2014.75.3
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS9868
Four figure Latitude: 51.40182815
Four figure longitude: -3.46770366
1:25K map: SS9868
1:10K map: SS96NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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