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GLOVE
Unique ID: NLM-097965
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead possible palm guard or ‘sailmaker’s glove’, as kindly suggested by the finder. A cast sub-ovoid plate of low plano-convex section with one straight side, and with bubbled pitting on its convex side. The flat surface is lightly stippled, as from casting on a sand bed, which is sometimes an indication of a more extensive contemporary episode of lead-working and casting. The only evidence for use, as opposed to manufacture for the purpose envisaged, is a very few very recent scratches at right angles to each other on the flat side. It does, however, fit snugly in the palm of the left hand. The metal also retains a grey tint overall, another indication of its recent date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900
Length: 64.8mm, Width: 48.5mm, Thickness: 7.5mm, Weight: 124.92gms
Class: Sailmaker's
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 64.8 mm
Width: 48.5 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 124.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM46496
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Market Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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