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TOY
Unique ID: LANCUM-407ECB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, lead alloy, zoomorphic toy fragment in the shape of a frog, probably a 'clicker' toy. It is rectangular with rounded corners and a right-angled flange around one end, which extends for about one third of the length. The top is moulded with a frog (viewed from above). A very close parallel, LVPL-F0E3E6, was identified by Jim Halliday as part of a clicking toy. It lacks the lower, springy steel sheet. Pressing this would made the device give a clicking sound, which probably imitated the croaking sound of a frog or toad. It is post-medieval or modern in date, probably 19th early 20th Century. Some examples are marked with letters such as "C R" on either side of the frog's head. Other known examples also have these letters, but some look more like "G R". These may be a makers mark.
Another exact parallel was found at Hintlesham, Suffolk and reported to the PAS; it is find ID SF10571. An example bearing a male figure was found in Lancashire (E83DD3). See also YORYM-E7B498 and there at least four other examples known that FLOs have had offered for recording but declined since they are not 300 years old.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Exactly AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1950
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Height: 10 mm
Width: 19 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: Kirkby Lonsdale
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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