Found this on the Interweb, it's in the Walters Art Museum and is a bronze model of a knight about 800 years old and is assumed to be a toy - the measurments are 37mm x 43mm x 17mm so would mix with 28mm modern figures .
The lance is a modern extra , I think it is rather cute and reminds me of 15mm Peter Laing figures .
Fascinating. "toy soldiers' were found in ancient Egyptian tombs but they might have been made just for that purpose.
ReplyDeleteThey argument for those is that they were furnerary offerings ?
DeleteVery interesting little find and indeed it is rather cute.
ReplyDeleteYes I liked it .
DeleteFascinating.
ReplyDeleteWe tend not to think of pre-victorian children having toys.
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