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Description: | A cast lead toy bird, known as a 'shy cock', and used in a game similar to skittles. The piece is crudely cast. The bird itself is flat and decorated on one side in relief with lines depicting feathers, and a large pellet within a circle for the eye. The base, in the form of two 'feet' protrude at an angle below the body, so that the bird would have been able stand upright. The reverse of the object is undecorated. The toy is worn and the lead is mid grey in colour. The object is 17th- 18th century in date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1600
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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