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THIMBLE
Unique ID: LIN-90C704
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A post-medieval silver thimble dating between 1650 and 1750. The thimble has a closed top and is now squashed flat. The lower quarter of the thimble has a band containing an undulating tendril with acorns regularly placed along it. A gap in the motif contains the makers marks DM. The base has a slightly expanded rim. The upper portion and head of the thimble are decorated with machine-made hexagonal indentations.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Kesteven (District)
Parish or ward: Irnham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0227
Four figure Latitude: 52.830879
Four figure longitude: -0.487465
1:25K map: TF0227
1:10K map: TF02NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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