Record ID: LIN-13C38D
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy toy in the form of a musket (gun) dating to the mid Post Medieval period (c. 1600-c. 1640). The barrel is rectangular in section and hollow. The barrel widens in width towards the butt, which bends away at approximately 45 degrees. A comma-shaped trigger guard extends from the lower edge at the junction between barrel and butt. The barrel is decorated towards the opening with a pair of lines, and with diagonal lines and pellets at the butt-end. Toys such of these are based on the match-lock 'petronels' of the 16th and 17th centuries, and examples …
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015
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