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A cast lead alloy incomplete knife handle or stop depicting a human head.
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National Museum Liverpool, Vanessa Oakden, 2009-08-25 17:32:17
Title
A cast lead alloy incomplete knife handle or stop depicting a human head.
Description
English: A cast lead alloy heads of a novelty late Victorian/Edwardian toy. The object is sub-oval in plan and mostly oval in section. There is a rectangular slot running through the object which from the top of the head. On either side of the object are two clearly depicted a human faces. One has a lined forehead, lidded eyes, a bulbous nose and a closed mouth with the lower lip projecting outwards. The jaw extends downwards joining the neck. The other face has a smooth forehead, eyebrows, one of which is slightly raised, lidded eyes, a wider bulbous noseand a closed mouth with the lower lip projecting outwards. Ears project from either side of the object and are used as the ears for both faces. It has a mid-white patina.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 1714 and 1901
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1714-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1901-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 266375
Old ref: LVPL-938282
Filename: LVPL-938282.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/220124
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/220124/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/266375
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