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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM70
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast lead object, apparently with a thin section, its surface covered with fine ribs or grooves (as this object can now only be described from the drawing some features are open to doubt). It was described as the 'Lower half of a lead figurine, most probably a toy. Skirt very pleated'. An examination of works on lead toys (Forsyth and Egan 2005) and pilgrim badges (Spencer 1998) failed to find any parallels and it is possible that it represents the remains of one of the so called 'bird feeders' (these are too narrow and deep to have allowed a bird to feed or drink). A post Medieval date is likely.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. amended from NLP0071 to NLPS0071, in line with other records.
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 41.8 mm
Weight: 22.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 1997
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0071
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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