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TOY
Unique ID: SUSS-C53AA6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, post medieval, lead and iron, toy pistol, AD.1600-1750. The object comprises the firing mechanism, stock and barrel of a toy gun. It is primarily cast in lead or a lead alloy with some iron parts for the mechanism. The stock has a flat butt and tapers up towards the mechanism and the barrel. Both sides of the stock are decorated with foliate design. The trigger has been lost. The mechanism is attached to the stock on the left side of the gun by three iron screws. Forward of this is the powder pan, this is circular and has the touch hole preserved. The pan sits atop the barrel in contrast to a full size pistol where it would normally sit to the side, though box-lock pistols of the 18th-19th century have the pan in this position. The barrel of the toy is very short, projecting only 8mm forward of the pan.
This is a firing toy, and would have taken small powder charges. It is unlikely that it could have been charged sufficiently to have caused any damage, nor could it have been fired with any accuracy.
Other examples of this type of toy can be found in NLM-D49553, PUBLIC-E65988 and SUR-9EB4AA
Length: 82.41mm
Width: 17.94mm
Thickness: 8.4mm
Weight: 32.28g
Diameter: 7.78mm
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1850
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 82.41 mm
Width: 17.94 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 32.28 g
Diameter: 7.78 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Rother (District)
Parish or ward: Ticehurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ6629
Four figure Latitude: 51.03638553
Four figure longitude: 0.36624437
1:25K map: TQ6629
1:10K map: TQ62NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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