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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval lead whirligig or buzz disc/wheel of possible 17th to 18th century date.The toy is sub-circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It consists of a disc with a serrated outer edge and two string holes at the centre. Both sides appear to be undecorated. The toy is now damaged in the middle, and now is roughly folded in two.The object is largely grey with patches of buff deposits. Most of the points are missing due to breaks.Diameter 40mm. Weight: 34.40g.Similar objects have been recorded on The Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: BERK-7BD8D6; 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; SWYOR-0E4439; WMID-7AC2E3 and YORYM-7C1288.A 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.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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