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Record ID: LANCUM-68D784
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead or lead alloy toy whirligig or buzz disc. The toy consists of a flat disc of sheet lead alloy, or lead, with a serrated edge though this is now almost completely lost. The whirligig has two adjacent sub oval string holes near the centre. A similar whirligig is been recorded in Forsythe and Egan (2005), page 390, No 13.8. Dates to between c1600 and c1900 AD. The length is 47mm, width is 41mm and the weight 33.07g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-68BC9C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman to Post Medieval bell shaped lead-alloy or lead suspended weight. At the apex of the 'bell' are the remnants of the trapped iron suspension loop. Hard to date with any precision but it probably dates to between c43 and c1750 AD. The height is 39mm, diameter is 26mm and the weight is 104.52g. Similar records on the database include SUSS-A5CAE4 and LEIC-074C28.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-68A493
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval to Modern lead alloy palm guard or needle pad. It is more or less circular in plan. Objects like this would have been wrapped in cloth then strapped to the hand to protect the palm when tightening cord or using awls and punches in an industry such as leather working or sail making. Palm guards of this design are thought to have been cast on occasion in oyster shells. Dates to between c1600 and c1970 AD. The diameter is 40mm and the weight is 94.85g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-616F09
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a Post Medieval lead alloy forged coin or perhaps a weight. It may be a lead alloy core that originally had a coating to give it the impression of a higher value silver or gold coin. For example ryals, triple unites, five pounds, half-crowns etc. would be the same diameter though most would be somewhat lighter. Possibly dates to between c1583 and c1850 AD. The diameter is 34mm and weight is 27.24g.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-61401F
Object type: VALVE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly a Post Medieval to Modern lead alloy or lead clack weight from a lightweight pump. Clack weights are part of a crude non-return valve from a simple water pump. The object has a projecting stud but is otherwise featureless. This projection may be the stump of the stud that fitted through a slot in a leather strap inside a box. When water was drawn up the pipe into the box with the spout, the clack lifted to let the water in and then fell back over the hole so that it ran out through the spout into the bucket and not back into the well. Primarily used from the 1500's to ear…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2018
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