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LOCKET
Unique ID: NLM-8888DB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy locket fragment, as kindly identified by the finder. Oval back plate with upstanding flanged rim with a lug relating to closing the locket, bearing an incised floral motif on its back. Spots of gilding appear on the inner side, where they would probably have been concealed by a picture or item retained within the locket. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900
Length: 29.5mm, Width: 24.7mm, Height/Depth: 2.7mm, Weight: 3.24gms
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Height: 2.7 mm
Width: 24.7 mm
Weight: 3.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd October 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM48429
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Roxby cum Risby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9317
Four figure Latitude: 53.64125878
Four figure longitude: -0.59476717
1:25K map: SE9317
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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