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Description: | A flat, cast lead alloy toy figure of a lady wearing a floor length dress or skirt with a bodice. It measures 63 x 28.1 x 2.7mm and weighs 20.88gm. The figure has recently been broken at the waist (the narrowest point) and is now in two pieces. The head and left arm are missing but these losses are not recent. It is decorated on one side only. The skirt is an inverted shield shape: the top two-thirds are delineated by two lines running parallel to the edges of the skirt surrounding a plain central area; the bottom third of the skirt has a coarse weave pattern. The bodice and remaining arm are plain. There are no signs of paint or other colouring. The reverse is undecorated and has a small casting sprue in the centre of the bottom edge of the skirt. The figure is in poor condition; there is a small split in the skirt and it has been bent double whilst in the plough soil and subsequently straightened. It has a light brown patina. This type of toy is early post medieval; parallels are known from the late 16th and 17th centuries (Egan 1988, Datasheet 10).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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