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TOY
Unique ID: NLM-576D24
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Lead toy anchor. Cast anchor with narrow tapering shank, broad thick arms which are flattened at their base, and small double pointed flukes. Made in an open mould. The shank is now bent, and if it ever had a stock this would have been very small. Patinated overall. This object may be from a wooden toy boat, though it is not exactly paralleled by any of a range of toy anchors reported from London. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1700-1800.
Height: 28.0mm, Width: 27.5mm, Thickness: 6.2mm, Weight: 8.65gms.
Class: Anchor
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 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 28 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 8.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23496a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Figurative
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Ulceby with Fordington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4172
Four figure Latitude: 53.22633546
Four figure longitude: 0.11069259
1:25K map: TF4172
1:10K map: TF47SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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