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Description: | A post medieval whirligig or buzz disc/wheel, which has been cut from lead sheeting. The buzz disc has a notched (serrated) edge and two slightly off-central holes through which a looped string or cord would have been threaded and one small central hole, it also has the initials in capitals EM. The disk is 31.39 mm in diameter, 1.86 mm thick and weighs 9.6 grams. It has a dark grey patina shading to white at the edges. A number of these toys are illustrated in Egan and Forsyth: Toys Trifles and Trinkets pages 387-391. The dating of these toys is uncertain but Egan and Forsyth suggest a 17th - 18th century date, one of these toys has come from an archaeological context dated 1675-1700.
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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