A case of mixed dates (11)
I believe the answer is:
anachronism
This could be a double definition.
'a case' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'of mixed dates' is the second definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for anachronism that I've seen before include "old-fashioned chap" , "Something appearing in the wrong time" , "Item that could not have occurred when said" , "such as Trevithick going via Eurostar?" , "Thing that belongs to another time" .)