Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-23D42B
Object type certainty: Possibly
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Copper alloy possible toy gun. Cast concavo-convex slightly tapering object, one half of a two-part object of presumably identical halves. These were joined by iron or steel pins whose decay has left rust stains on two housings on the hollow back of the object. The convex outer surface bears a decorative scheme of vegetal swags limited at the wider end by four or more vertically incised lines. This resembles a handle of a miniature pistol in antique style, and similar objects have been reported made of lead alloy. It may alternatively be a dainty implement handle. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1750-1850.
Length: 37.1mm, Width: 12.4mm, Thickness (clear of housings): 1.2mm, Weight: 3.33gms.
Class: Gun
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1750
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.1 mm
Width: 12.4 mm
Thickness: 1.2 mm
Weight: 3.33 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th October 2015
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Other reference: NLM30291
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Fragment
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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