{"id":2299,"date":"2025-07-05T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=2299"},"modified":"2025-07-05T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T22:57:00","slug":"toy-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/toy-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finds From Wirral &#8211; Toy Gun<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"2145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/toy-gun\/toy_gun_1149471\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Toy_Gun_1149471.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Toy_Gun_1149471\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Toy Gun&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Toy Gun&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Toy_Gun_1149471-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2145\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Toy_Gun_1149471-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Toy Gun\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Toy_Gun_1149471-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Toy_Gun_1149471-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Toy_Gun_1149471-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Toy_Gun_1149471.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These are fragments of handles of small lead toy guns. You can see the trace of a chequered pattern on the left and a much more decorated pattern on the right one. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: HelveticaNeue;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Also on the right one at the top you can see the remnants of the two rivet holes. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149471\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149471<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1053103\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1053103<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds From Wirral &#8211; Toy Gun These are fragments of handles of small lead toy guns. You can see the trace of a chequered pattern on the left and a much more decorated pattern on the right one. 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It\u2019s weight at 44.3 grams is approximately 10 times the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Finds&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Finds","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/category\/finds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Weights & Gaming Pieces","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weight_Gaming_1139186.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weight_Gaming_1139186.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weight_Gaming_1139186.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weight_Gaming_1139186.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Weight_Gaming_1139186.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1563,"url":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/buckles\/","url_meta":{"origin":2299,"position":4},"title":"Buckles","author":"Wirral Archaeology","date":"14\/04\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Finds from Wirral Buckles Here is a selection of the groups recent finds of buckles. They date from as early as AD500 through to around AD1650. All are copper alloy and all are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with the British Museum. 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Made out of fired pipe clay and decorated we have now found two of these little toys. They are dated from around AD1750-1900. 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