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Post-Medieval toy musket
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2012-08-15 11:19:08
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Post-Medieval toy musket
Description
English: A copper-alloy miniature toy musket of post-Medieval date.

The barrel has a hollow bore of 4mm and the outer surface of the barrel is faceted, with two pairs of grooves extending across its top. The downward-angling handle is also faceted; at its base it steps upwards, terminating in a 'fishtail-shaped' butt. The rectangular trigger guard (there is no trigger) is located on the underside, straddling the handle and butt. At the handle end of the barrel there is a circular pan for the priming powder and a rectangular moulding on the side.

Dimensions: total length: 88.3mm; length of bore: 55mm. Weight: 21.48g.

Similar toy muskets were found in London and are illustrated and discussed by Egan and Forsyth (2005: 88-97). According to the authors, the fishtail-shaped butt seen on all of these pieces is found on standard English muskets of the period 1600-1640, although the toys may have been made over a longer period (ibid. 89-90).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 514893
Old ref: BH-A8CF56
Filename: Postmed_toy_gun_12_110_15.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/392463
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/392463/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/514893
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