What a marvelous find!
The kids may have lost their toys to the mean pastors but they are now preserved in museums for posterity.
The Harborough Hoard from 1600
The Harborough Hoard from 1600
In 1988 while doing construction work to Market Harborough Parish Church (East of Birmingham, UK), a trove of homemade street toys was found from the late Tudor and Stuart era (1570-1630). These were in a stairwell and it's believed were toys confiscated and thrown there. The Harborough Hoard includes 89 tops, 5 whip handles and 2 possible teetotums.
What a marvelous find!
The kids may have lost their toys to the mean pastors but they are now preserved in museums for posterity.
What a marvelous find!
The kids may have lost their toys to the mean pastors but they are now preserved in museums for posterity.
Re: The Harborough Hoard from 1600
This photo is from finds in Germany that are older. According to this website, they are from the excavation in Konstanz at the fish market and the Freiburger Augustinian latrine 
and from some time after 1278.
Interestingly, the two tops (if that's what they are) on the left upper corner look more like throw tops than whip tops.
Ortwin: you might be interested in the book from which this was taken: https://www.antikmakler.de/bv9974 (shipping to the US is too expensive).
and from some time after 1278.
Interestingly, the two tops (if that's what they are) on the left upper corner look more like throw tops than whip tops.
Ortwin: you might be interested in the book from which this was taken: https://www.antikmakler.de/bv9974 (shipping to the US is too expensive).
Re: The Harborough Hoard from 1600
This image from Belgium (Album d'Arenberg) from the 1500's is interesting:
The lower left shows whip tops but the lower right seems to show throw throw tops.
The lower left shows whip tops but the lower right seems to show throw throw tops.