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Description: | A fragment of a Post Medieval lead alloy toy coach or carriage dating 17th - 18th century. This fragment includes the body of the coach with the door and step and one passenger. The body of the coach is shield-shaped with a curved lower edge. It is divided up into panels divided by twisted rope patterns. Each panel has a moulded decorative element including a flower in the upper panel behind the passenger, then a narrow panel with a repeated foliage pattern then a leaf in the panel below. This pattern is repeated on the other side of the passenger. The door is decorated with a narrow panel containing ring and dot motifs and there is a large panel which contains a motif similar to a fleur de lys. The step projects just below this last panel and to the left of the body of the coach there is another projecting panel. The passenger can be seen in profile with the face turned to look out the window.Forsyth & Egan (2005:321) illustrate other fragments of coaches but nothing is similar in shape to this example, although they do suggest a broad date range of 17th - 18th century for this type of toy.Dimensions: length: 25.68 mm; width: 27.11mm; thickness: 1.32mm; weight: 2.07g.Reference: Forsyth, H. and Egan, G. 2005. Toys, Trifles and Trinkets. Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800. Unicorn Press, London.
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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