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    • Object type:toy
    • Broad period:POST MEDIEVAL
    • Primary material:Pewter

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Record ID: NARC-EF0E07
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pewter Post-medieval toy. 1600 AD onwards. A crouching figure of a male character dressed in medieval clothing.
Created on: Sunday 9th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towcester', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NARC-EEEFB2
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
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Pewter dripping pan. Post-medieval toy. 17th Century. Square with an arch extending from the centre of the upper edge. The reverse is flat and plain. A dot-in-ring at each corner joined by a line. A central rose is surrounded by two concentric circles made up of dots. Dots also border the edge of the beveled sides. The pan is 3mm deep. A 19mm section is missing from the left edge, which is where the handle would have been. A 4mm x 2mm portion of the hinge is still visible. A similar example is in Forsyth and Egan 2005 "Toys, Trifles and trinkets" Pg 116, Fig. 2.15. Type 4.
Created on: Sunday 9th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towcester', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NARC-EEBED5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
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Pewter spoon. Post-medieval toy. Probably 18th century. Plain oval bowl aproximately 3mm deep. The handle is broken at 15mm and is decorated with two lines of raised dots. It is twisted just before the break. Similar in Forsyth and Egan, 2005 "Toys, trifles and Trinkets". Pg. 139, Fig. 3.13. Type 7, Design 1.
Created on: Sunday 9th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towcester', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NARC-EE9185
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
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Pewter double handled vessel. One handle missing. Casting line clearly visible along the vertical axis. The upper rim is curved, making the 8 fleur de lis in relief around the rim clearly visible. The bowl is 10mm deep 18mm in diameter and narrows to 4mm to create the stem before immediately widening again to for the base, with is 4mm deep and 9mm in diameter. The handle is S-shaped.
Created on: Sunday 9th August 2009
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towcester', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: BH-710DC2
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
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A fragment of a cast lead-alloy (probably pewter) toy of probable 17th to 18th century date. The piece represents part of a building, the relief-moulded decoration depicting two pointed roofs above two windows. The artefact has been broken off at the sides and the bottom. The back is plain and this is probably a panel from a composite, three-dimensional structure. It measures 12.1mm long, 9.6mm wide and 1.3mm thick. The weight is 0.77g.
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanbridge', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WILT-4296F5
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Late Post-Medieval pewter toy cup, missing its handle and with some edge damage. It stands 18.43mm in height, has a max.diameter of 24.29mm at the mouth (which has a beaded edge) and a min.diameter at the base of 13.39mm. It weighs 6.62g. The lip of the vessel overhangs the vessel itself in diameter. It narrows to a 7.85mm diameter waist above the base. Casting seams are visible on two sides of the toy, and both faces are decorated with a group of tiny pellets. Geoff Egan comments: This is from a series of toys dating to the late C18th/C19th as far as can be established at this s…
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS-52B5B1
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of a Post-Medieval pewter toy watch, less than half, hollow-cast with gadrooned outside edge and band of Roman numerals around surviving part of face (]… V VI VII VIII IX X …[. Diameter c.47mm. 10mm thick. cf. Egan (1996) Playthings from the Past, pages 12-13 (un-numbered). Late 17th-18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: NMS-216822
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Post medieval fragment of pewter toy watch, less than half, hollow-cast with gadrooned outside edge and band of Roman numerals around surviving part of face (]… V VI VII VIII IX X …[. Diameter c.47mm. 10mm thick. cf. Egan (1996) Playthings from the Past, pages 12-13 (un-numbered). Late 17th-18th century.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WMID-9B14D7
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A slightly incomplete cast lead alloy toy standing bowl (“flat cup”), probably dating from the post-medieval period. The toy has an incomplete and slightly distorted base, probably originally circular in section, which tapers to a narrow waist (also circular in section) above which is the larger body of the vessel. The body has been flattened but is likely to have been broadly hemispherical. There is a rib around the remaining circumference of the upper and lower surface of the base. The exterior of the body is decorated with raised floral designs. The rim appears to be deco…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-A7FCD2
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A small cast pewter teapot or kettle. The teapot has a spout (now broken), a small plinth which it sits on, a rounded body and a bent handle. The top of the teapot is broken. The lid does not survive. The teapot is full of soil and this has been included on the weight. It is Georgian or Victorian in date.
Created on: Wednesday 26th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Littlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LVPL-E38A31
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Part of a toy soldier, probably mid/late C18th or very early C19th, probably made from pewter. It is incomplete- the head and the legs are missing. It shows a standing man facing fowards with his arms by his side. He appears to be wearing a jacket type garment. He has a sash running diagonally across his torso and a belt. A similar but not exact parallel can be seen in the Museum of London Toys book (Egan and Forsyth; 2005; p174).
Created on: Monday 17th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-371E44
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Cast lead/pewter handle of a toy gun/petronel, dating to the 18th/19th century.
Created on: Sunday 20th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYM-A60207
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Fragment of either a pewter toy or buckle, Georgian in date.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pocklington', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: BERK-8AE4A7
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Complete but damaged cast lead alloy (pewter) minature toy plate. The item is a dull brown-grey in colour and the patina has patches of corrosion both front and back. At some point the item has been delibarately bent and a very notable linear crack is evident running the full length of the object lying just to one side of the central motif. The plate is octagonal with a beaded rim, plain flange and extremely shallow curving wall. The wall is decorated with radial slashes each terminating with a pellet. In the centre there is a circle containing a stylised star or flower motif made …
Created on: Friday 20th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-C55D91
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A cast pewter possible toy lid, dating to the 17th century. The lid is circular in plan, and flat with simple incised lines radiating around the outside edge and from the centre. To one side there is evidence of a hinge or fitting mechanism which has been broken of some time in antiquity. The other side of the lid is hollow and has a ridge running around the edge. This is possible of a toy tankard
Created on: Friday 11th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tower of London', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: KENT-86E367
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Toy pewter clock or watch face.
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.


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Record ID: LON-6AD151
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pewter toy circular dish with rim. The inner surface has raised decoration in the form of a double, 6-petalled rose with calyx points between the outer petals. Above each outer petal is a pellet in a ring with a smaller pellet either side. This decoration is enclosed in a double circular border. The rim is decorated, possibly with foliage but this is indistinct. Part of the rim is missing and the whole plate is distorted.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Millennium Bridge, South side', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LON-F0F207
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Pewter toy cauldron with three feet (two missing) and two square handles. The object is distorted in shape. The circular base has been added separately and there are two seams from casting at the sides. There is a beaded, slightly folded rim. There are two decorative motifs on the sides and one on the inside of the base: On one side is a circular garland of leaves and berries with a bow at the bottom. Inside this is an inner oval beaded ring containing the makers mark IDQ (ID above Q), a known London toy-maker. On the other side is the same garland motif but in the centre is the dat…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'London Bridge (North Side)', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LON-0BA238
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A pewter toy bowl with irregularly-shaped rim. Inside the bowl is a layer of pewter with a series of holes which possibly might be used to drain liquids into the bottom of the bowl. This layer is damaged in the center. The bottom of the bowl is also damaged with a hole on one side. The outside of the bowl has two sets of parallel lines for decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bankside', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LON-EB1CD4
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Small doll's face
Created on: Saturday 2nd October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.


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