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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-397BE0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble. Open-ended thimble, with a narrow foot ring and regular stamped indentations limited by a single upper border line. Circumferential lines appear on the smooth inner surface, suggesting the thimble was turned on a lathe. A very consistent thickness also suggests machine manufacture. Though open thimbles are less common, a foot ring argues a later 19th-century date. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900.
Height: 14.87mm, Diameter (basal); 20.75mm, Thickness of wall (clear of foot ring): 0.62mm, Weight: 3.83gms.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 14.87 mm
Thickness: 0.62 mm
Weight: 3.83 g
Diameter: 20.75 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM14504
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Middle Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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