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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-878B06
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver thimble fragment. Probably machined thimble with a foot ring with a plain zone above and closely spaced oval pits in diagonal lines ascending leftwards, probably occupying two thirds of the wall. A set of worn hallmarks in the plain zone includes an anchor denoting the Birmingham assay office but the year stamp is illegible. The top of the thimble is lost and its upper walls are raggedly torn and perforated in one place. Now squashed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Width: 23.0mm, Height: 20.7mm, Thickness (wall): 0.4mm, Weight: 2.46gms.
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 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 20.7 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 0.4 mm
Weight: 2.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 28th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24102a
Materials and construction
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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