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Description: | Lead alloy toy fragment. Cast three-dimensional object resembling the four-feathered fletching of a toy arrow or, perhaps more likely, a crossbow quarrel. Each feather (one is now detached and the other three are bent) is modelled as a triangular plate with three diagonal lines moulded in low relief, and with a knop at its lower outer edge; the surface detail appears on both sides of each plate. They are equidistantly spaced around the end of the quarrel which also terminates with a knop. Above the four feathers is a rectangular collar with a round hole of diameter 2mm which presumably received a separately modelled shaft, perhaps of a different material. Weaponry pre-dating the Age of Gunpowder was rarely modelled as base metal toys, though some miniature axes and arrows have been taken as badges representing political or institutional affiliation. Suggested date: Early Post-Medieval, 1500-1600.Length: 17.5mm, Width: 10.8mm, Weight: 2.94gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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