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STATUE
Unique ID: NLM272
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast lead statuette of a leaping dolphin, large eyes and pointed nose, tail bent around to touch back, body covered with scales, coarsely cast, some traces of gilding present. two attachments on foot. Length 54.0mm, Height 30.4mm; Width 15.0mm; Mass 96.63g.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Drawing ref. amended from NLPS 0296 to NLPS0296 following prevailing convention.
Class: Dolphin
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: AD 1650
Date to: AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.4 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight: 96.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th November 1997
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0296
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: WEST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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