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Description: | A Post Medieval lead alloy fragment of a toy (17th - 18th century). The fragment may be from a boat, the neck of a horse or the skirt of a female figurine. The fragment is roughly triangular with two of the edges appearing to be complete. Along one edge are two parallel raised lines forming a border with wavy lines between - possibly depicting water or the fabric pattern. Above the 'water' there are a number of raised lines forming a pattern which may depict rigging or details on the skirt. There are three holes in the lead which were probably a by-product of the casting process. The reverse is plain.Forsyth and Egan (2005:151, 157, 323) illustrate examples of masted ships that have a similar pattern showing the water but the body of the ships have far more detail including cannons which this example does not have.Dimensions: length: 24.81mm; width: 26.66mm; thickness: 1.67mm; weight: 3.59g.Reference: Forsyth, H. and Egan, G. 2005. Toys, Trifles and Trinkets. Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800. Unicorn Press, London. Pp. 151, 157, 323.
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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