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TOY
Unique ID: BERK-181E61
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An almost complete post-medieval lead toy pistol c. 1600-1800 AD. The firing mechanism, although corroded with rust, is largely intact missing the top most firing section. The pistol is cast in two halves, the butt is decorated with a cast cross hatch overlaid centrally by a raised oval form, surmounted at each end by a loose fleur-de-lis and diamond shape. The lock plates are also decorated with a series of raised dots to the circumference. The trigger and flash pan also remain but the barrel is missing from just forward of the flash pan.
There is a dull grey patina to the cast portions with rust to the trigger mechanism.
This style of pistol resembles that of toy cavalry pistols reported from London, where a 17th-century date is suggested (Forsyth and Egan 2005, page 97, no. 1.39). Several similar toy pistols and petronels have been recorded on the PAS database, including: NMS-657775; KENT-761751 and SUSS-41C181, LANCUM-13E217, LANCUM-6473D6 & WMID-BCFD74.
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 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 62.9 mm
Width: 7 mm
Weight: 28.6 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Milton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6203
Four figure Latitude: 51.72230416
Four figure longitude: -1.10383673
1:25K map: SP6203
1:10K map: SP60SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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