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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-6A5865
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy thimble with partial white metal plating. Pressed metal conical thimble with the lower part of its wall decorated with five circumferential lines of tiny dots, and with the upper wall bearing very fine indentations. The top, which is nearly flat, bears traces of white metal plating. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th September 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23559a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Northorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8897
Four figure Latitude: 53.462404
Four figure longitude: -0.67599518
1:25K map: SK8897
1:10K map: SK89NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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