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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy toy in the form of a musket (gun) dating to the mid Post Medieval period (c. 1600-c. 1640). The object comprises of the barrel, part of the firing mechanism and part of the butt. The barrel is circular in section and hollow. A small hole in the side of the barrel reveals a copper alloy fragment within, possibly the remains of the ram rod. The barrel widens in width towards the butt, which bends away at approximately 45 degrees. The butt is triangular in cross section and tapers in thickness towards an old, worn break. A small triangular projecting tab extends from the lower edge at the junction between barrel and butt. The object has a mid grey patination and is very worn, obscuring any detailing that would have been on the object. The top of the barrel/butt junction has a raised collar and there is a possible raised square projecting from one side of the barrel. The object measures xmm, xmm and weighs xg.Toys such of these are based on the match-lock 'petronels' of the 16th and 17th centuries, and examples with hollow barrels and ramrods such as this, were fully working models. Similar examples can be seen on this database including GLO-489057 and IOW-858155, which demonstrates a similarly located hole on the barrel which possibly indicates either a deliberate placing or a common weakness in design. This gun is possibly an Egan and Forsyth's Type 2 dated 1600-1640 (Egan and Forsyth, 2005, Toys, Trifles and Trinkets, Museum of London, page 92).
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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