POST MEDIEVAL TOY

Unknown artist

Fragment of Post Medieval, miniature toy furniture depicting a winged angel set within a rectangular frame. This is part of a larger frame panel, the top grid section has been lost, this bottom half has a semicircular frame with the image of the archangel in, the rest is divided up into four sub rectangular sections by three bars shaped like columns. The object is damaged with the right side having been folded over the front. The actual function of this object is unknown, Forsyth and Egan 2005, postulate that it is part of a toy furniture based on a more complete panel, (2005: No.15.2). In the more complete frame there are 4 slots for fitting additional panels or other parts, in this object only the lower two are preserved.Length: 36.91mmWidth: 32.1mmThickness: 0.79mmWeight: 2.39gForsyth, H. and Egan, G. 2005. Toys, Trifles and Trinkets. Base Metal Miniatures from London 1200 to 1800. Unicorn Press, London.