Record ID: LVPL-39DDC4
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete fired pipe-clay ball, probably a toy functioning as a marble, dating to the modern period (c.AD 1750-1900). The object is spherical with a pale yellow surface and streaks of dark orange thread irregularly across the surface. Dimensions: Diameter 15.6mm; weight 4.14g The exact function of the object is uncertain. A similar object NLM-688E68 has been identified by the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group Fired as a pipe-clay marble that is likely modern in date.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clatterbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-39D6C4
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete fired pipe-clay ball, probably a toy functioning as a marble, dating to the modern period (c.AD 1750-1900). The object is spherical with a pale yellow surface and streaks of dark orange thread irregularly across the surface. Dimensions: Diameter 17.1mm; weight 6.11g The exact function of the object is uncertain. A similar object NLM-688E68 has been identified by the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group Fired as a pipe-clay marble that is likely modern in date.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clatterbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-350127
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, ceramic, Post-Medieval to Modern doll's arm, dated to c.AD 1840-1920. The object is made of pipeclay and resembles part of an outstretched arm, with open fist.  A groove runs around the end furthest from the hand, perhaps to facilitate attachment to a cloth, leather or wooden body.  Just above the groove, at the base of the arm (viewed with the hand facing up) is an embossed number '6'.  A continuous mould line runs round the entirety of the object, including vertically down opposite sides of the arm. The arm is white in colour. The arm is…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-38E976
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic jack. A cuboid moulded object with a white glazed surface. The ends are plain, with the four slightly longer sides each bearing two grooves between three rounded ridges. These were used for games of manual dexterity, including the throwing of a number of jacks into the air and catching as many as possible on the back of the hand. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1875-1925 Length: 16mm, Width: 15.0mm, Thickness: 15.8mm, Weight: 7.32gms
Created on: Monday 24th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Keelby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6EDC24
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ceramic figurine in the form of a child's doll of probable post medieval date, 1800 - 1900. The figurine is broken and the lower legs are missing. These small ceramic dolls were sold as childrens' toys, and were extremely popular in the mid to late 19th century, in both Britain and North America. Most were manufactured in Germany. The dolls were nicknamed 'Frozen Charlottes', the name relating to an American folk ballad 'Fair Charlotte', in turn based upon the poem 'A Corpse Going to a Ball' by Seba Smith. The poem tells of a young girl called Charlotte, who refused t…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
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Record ID: NLM-9B9449
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic toy. A hard fired glazed china clay model of a jug, modelled at a scale of c.1:20, probably as an item of dolls' house furniture. The vessel form represented is a squat globular jug with a pouring lip and an applied looped handle [now mostly lost] springing from the upper body. The interior is a narrow cylindrical void so the object was moulded rather than made like its full sized equivalent on a wheel. Toys for girls seem less common than toys for boys in the range of material seen by this reporter. This might alternatively have been an individually sold novelty or 'fairing'.…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 8th August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-CC26EC
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ceramic figurine of post-medieval date, c.1840-1900 AD. The length is 48.55mm, the weight is 0.4g, and the thickness is 10.87mm around the centre of the figure. The width is 20.45mm. It is of an orangey-brown patina and is smooth and worn. The upper torso of the figure is missing, including the arms, head, and shoulders. The legs of the figurine are straight and closed together, with the right hand resting on the lower hip. The left hand can still be made out, and is in the same position as the right, though it is heavily worn and the arm is missing. There are no prim…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
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Record ID: LON-DE0B6F
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval, 15th-16th century, childs toy in the form of a miniature Rhenish stoneware jug AD.1400-1600. This is a childs toy, the jug has a circular base, there is a waist above the foot, it then expands into the main body of the jug before tapering towards the neck. The main body is decorated with circular stamps containing star shapes. Above this there is a collar in the form of a twisted rope decoration, before the neck rises straight up. The neck is decorated with five ribs and then another twisted rope collar, much of which is lost, just below the rim. The neck of …
Created on: Friday 12th February 2016
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: LON-97CD1B
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval ceramic miniature Border Ware jug dating late 16th - early 17th century. This is white ware with a yellow glaze covering both internal and external surfaces, the handle is broken and missing and there is some damage to the rim. There is also a little damage to the foot but the glaze covers this damage so this occurred during the manufacturing process. Dimensions: height: 68.82mm; internal diameter at rim: 21.16mm; diameter of the body: 53mm; weight: 88.91g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: LVPL-1671BC
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete pipe clay whistle of post-medieval date. It is in the shape of a classical style handled jug and the stem and lip of the jug are missing due to old breaks. Each side is decorated with a floral design at the top and bottom with a fawn's head facing forwards so that half of the face is on each side with a curving horn reaching towards the rear of the jug.
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 10th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0AC196
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Smooth red hard-fired ceramic doll. It is a human figurine, complete save for the head and lower legs, representing an individual of uncertain gender - neither primary nor secondary sexual characteristics are modelled - though the breadth of hips might hint that a female is intended. The arms are alongside the body, with the hands resting on either side of the pelvis. The surface may be lightly slipped. The size, posture and neutral gender are all features of small dolls more usually modelled in white pipeclay, known as Frozen Charlottes. An example in white pipeclay, and various…
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-9F4604
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval ceramic toy cockerel made from pipe clay, probably dating 17th - 18th century. This has been made in a two part mould so it forms a three-dimensional model of a chicken. There is a solid cylinder of clay between the two legs to help the model stand. The tip of the beak and end of the body and tail are broken and missing. There is some evidence of red pigment surviving on the wattle beneath the beak. A similar object is recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme: NARC-704320, although that example is flat and perforated but it contains the note from Geoff Egan …
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E03B34
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Mould-made pipeclay leg from a doll, with the foot painted to show an ankle boot. A prominent mould line runs round the object, vertically down the shin and back of the calf. A groove also runs around the upper end of the object, at the top of the calf of the leg, perhaps to facilitate attachment to a cloth, leather or wooden body. Length: 50.7mm, Width (foot): 15.1mm, Thickness: 13.4mm, Weight: 11.11g. Paul Greenwood kindly comments: 'This appears to be a china doll's leg, I have dug many arms, legs and heads of this type on Victorian refuse tips. The head, arms and legs are ceram…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-2EEF35
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete orange pipe clay object in the form of a miniature vase. The artefact has been made in a two-piece mould, a vertical seam extending around the narrower outer sides. The vase is of classical style, the body being roughly circular in plan, of thin section and tapering to a narrower pedestal base. The top is broken but retains one of its original lug handles. The surfaces bear relief moulded decoration. Occupying each of the two wide faces is a male bust, one facing left, the other right. Both males wear Medieval style armour including a hinged-faced helmet (depi…
Created on: Friday 30th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravensden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-7823D8
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A miniature ceramic vessel. The vessel is in the form of a narrow-mouthed jug or amphora. The jug has a narrow flat base which expands to the shoulders and then narrows rapidly to the opening. There is wide moulded lip around the opening. There are two wide lugs on the shoulder. The vessel surface has the remains of sooting on it, suggesting that it was used in a fire, probably during its use as a toy. There is a large, slanted 'V' shape on the surface of the vessel however it is not clear whether this is intentional or accidental. Probably modern in date. Similar amphorae-shape…
Created on: Wednesday 10th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BH-9BB333
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fired clay figurine of probable 18th or 19th century date. It has been suggested that the character portreyed here is possibly Struwwelpeter (Shaggy Peter), who first appeared in an 1845 children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. The figure depicted is that of a young male, who has sholder-length wavy hair, and wears a spotted waistcoat and a cravat. The left arm is angled at ninety degrees from the elbow, held across the body. To the left of the hand are four scratch marks, suggesting that the figure has scratched himself with his fingernails. The damaged chin also bears p…
Created on: Saturday 18th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Odell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-DCA402
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An 18th-century clay marble with the letter "M" or "W" engraved, without serifs. Dimensions: diameter: 17.79mm; weight: 7.48g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-F3D742
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval clay marble with initials (18th Century). The marble has the letters “MP” engraved, the letters have serifs. There are also other marks engraved on the surface that resembles “I”’s Dimensions: diameter: 21.62mm; weight: 12.19g.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'City of London', grid reference and parish protected.