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TOY
Unique ID: LANCUM-31184E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast copper alloy toy miniature canon of late Post-Medieval date (17th-19th century). These models were produced as complete working models of their larger counterparts. The toy cannon is comprised of a circular barrel which tapers slightly in diameter from the cascabel button to the muzzle. The cascabel button is circular in plan. Below the button is a small moulded collar, followed by another larger one. A circular vent hole is present on one face. Below the vent hole is another moulded collar. The two trunnions are square in section and project from a collar midway along the barrel. These would have enabled the piece to be elevated and mounted onto a wooden wheeled carriage. There is a further moulded collar before the muzzle end which flares outwards. The decoration comprises double incised lines around the barrel either side of the trunnions. There are other examples on the PAS database, these have been discovered in the Wyre Forest (WAW-44E267) and East Sussex (SUSS-E46AB1).The length is 45mm, the width is 17mm thickness 9mm and the weight 8.27g.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 8.27 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2933
Four figure Latitude: 53.79251033
Four figure longitude: -1.56126554
1:25K map: SE2933
1:10K map: SE23SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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