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PUBLIC-5AB02C: Post-medieval or modern lead toy

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TOY

Unique ID: PUBLIC-5AB02C

Object type certainty: Certain
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Lead alloy spinning toy/spinner/ buzz wheel or whirligig dating from the 19th or 20th century AD. The toy is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It consists of a smooth slightly irregular disc, measuring between 27 and 30mm in diameter. There are two string holes in the centre. There is no decoration on either side of the whirligig. It has a thickness of 1mm, and the two holes in the centre each measure 1.5mm acroos, and are 3.5mm apart. The surface has a buff coloured patina, and it weighs 6.97g.

Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: LANCUM -9AACAA BH-C1A5C7;LANCUM-EC184C, LANCUM-64A3C4; GLO-7194F8; HESH-901BA4; IOW-776293; IOW-89F367; IOW-9B8222; LANCUM-245857; LON-B3CA75; NARC-867137; NMS-2C91D5; PUBLIC-296871; SOM-76B0F3; SOM-A6D351; SUR-9DAA62; SUSS-59D9A6; SWYOR-03BC96; WMID-7AC2E3; YORYM-7C1288 and IOW-F05852


A number of these toys are illustrated in Forsyth and Egan 2005: 387-391. The dating of these toys is uncertain but Forsyth and Egan suggest a 17th-18th century date, one of these toys has come from an archaeological context dated 1675-1700.

Forsyth, H. and Egan, G. 2005. Toys, Trifles & Trinkets: Base-Metal Miniatures from London 1200-1800. London: Unicorn Press.

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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Weight: 6.97 g
Diameter: 30 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Reepham area

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: PUBLIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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