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Description: | Cast lead alloy fragment from an unidentified object; possibly a toy. The remaining fragment siggests the object was hollow with a circular opening to one side (of which half remains). The remaining part of the outer side has two projections, one above the other. One is triangular with a rounded end and is decorated on both sides with raised, cast decoration. On the outer side this this takes the form of long parallel lines with short diagonal parallel cross lines between, suggesting feathers; on the side next to the other projection it is narrow, roughly parallel, short strokes. The other projectionis trapizoid with a blunt end. The outer side of this is plain while that nearest the other projection has a similar 'feather' pattern as descibed above. The sides of the projections run back and form the sides of the hollow circular ara and hole before terminatine in old breaks. It is 19.7mm long, 22.5mm wide, 16.0mm thick and weighs 16.38 grams. The object is too fragmentary to be readily identifiable; the 'feather' pattern and general form may suggest one of the varied lead-tin Post Medieval toys but no obvious parallel was found in the main catalogue of these (Forsyth and Egan 2005)
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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