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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-1EFF92
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Silver thimble. Sheet metal domed thimble beaten over a former. The lower wall bore a ground of closely spaced diagonal ridges, with a circumferential groove half way up the wall. Over this were soldered leaves and flowers, in an originally continuous band. The upper wall is occupied by fine machine stamped pits, which continue on a spiral arrangement on the domed top. Now crumpled. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1825-1875.
Height: 22.6mm, Diameter (estimated): 18mm, Thickness (wall, clear of additional decoration): 0.6mm, Weight: 3.41gms.
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 1825
Date to: Circa AD 1875
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 22.6 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 3.41 g
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 24th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24073a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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