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Description: | A complete and slightly misshapen cast lead or lead-alloy whirligig or buzz disc/wheel probably dating from the late post-medieval or early modern period, that is the 17th to 18th century.The toy is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It consists of a disc with a serrated outer edge that looks likes a 12-pointed star and two string holes at the centre. The 12 uneven teeth (or cogs) have been crudely made, possibly by chopping or shearing. There is no decoration on either side of the whirligig.Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BH-C1A5C7; GLO-7194F8; HESH-901BA4; IOW-776293; IOW-89F367; IOW-9B8222; LANCUM-245857; LON-B3CA75; NARC-867137; NMS-2C91D5; PUBLIC-296871; SOM-76B0F3; SOM-A6D351; SUR-9DAA62; SUSS-59D9A6; SWYOR-03BC96; WMID-7AC2E3; YORYM-7C1288 and IOW-F05852A number of these toys are illustrated in Forsyth and Egan 2005: 387-391. The dating of these toys is uncertain but Forsyth and Egan suggest a 17th-18th century date, one of these toys has come from an archaeological context dated 1675-1700.Forsyth, H. and Egan, G. 2005. Toys, Trifles & Trinkets: Base-Metal Miniatures from London 1200-1800. London: Unicorn Press.
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