woody50
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Although I have found a couple of childrens toys made of lead, 99% of my found toys were made from an amalgamation of tin and lead. Because lead toys were pretty thick, people back in the 17th century started adding lead to tin, they could then make finer and thinner toys. Most of the tin toys that I have found were made from tin/lead, and a few from the amalgamation from tin and silver. The draw back was that tin is vulnerable to metal pest than lead. I have been lucky to have found quite a few toy objects in the past, the places to find them are harder to search because here the Archo are first nowadays on the building sites.
Most of my Tin ones are from the 17th century, however there are a few from the 16th and a couple from the 15th (1480). If you have any idea about the ages of lead toys please let us know.
Photo numbers...
1 Riding horses.
2 Men, soldiers.
3 Animals.
4 Knifes, sword.
5 Keys.
6 Heads or tails tokens, spinning toys.
7 Horn, cannon, hammer heads, Open fire screen, dice, miscl.
8 Two tin chests, two baby rattles, a basket and a bell.
9 One of the above tin chests, before restoration.
10 A whistle and a hanger to hold a pot above a open fire.
11 The whistle in detail.
12 Various spoons, and pans.
13 Candle holder, grill and holders for pans above fire.
14 The pot holder, difficult to make a photo, its not flat.
15 Various tin dishes.
16 Deep dishes.
17 Bowls and deep dishes.
18 Details of dish.
19 Details of dish.
20 Various tin containers.
21 Details of three containers.
22 Two old silver-tin toys
23-28 Recent finds
Most of my Tin ones are from the 17th century, however there are a few from the 16th and a couple from the 15th (1480). If you have any idea about the ages of lead toys please let us know.
Photo numbers...
1 Riding horses.
2 Men, soldiers.
3 Animals.
4 Knifes, sword.
5 Keys.
6 Heads or tails tokens, spinning toys.
7 Horn, cannon, hammer heads, Open fire screen, dice, miscl.
8 Two tin chests, two baby rattles, a basket and a bell.
9 One of the above tin chests, before restoration.
10 A whistle and a hanger to hold a pot above a open fire.
11 The whistle in detail.
12 Various spoons, and pans.
13 Candle holder, grill and holders for pans above fire.
14 The pot holder, difficult to make a photo, its not flat.
15 Various tin dishes.
16 Deep dishes.
17 Bowls and deep dishes.
18 Details of dish.
19 Details of dish.
20 Various tin containers.
21 Details of three containers.
22 Two old silver-tin toys
23-28 Recent finds
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But I wanted to reply to this post so that I could see what others posted to this thread.
). So its been fun years for sure. Of course these are only the Tin children's toys (after looking again I think there is one or two bronze ones in my photos, guess I was too busy toe notice).
We have an airport right here in the city, and we'd be happy to host you.
