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TOBACCO HOLDER
Unique ID: NLM-9E7787
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead tobacco jar lid handle. Cast lid handle from a tobacco jar, comprising an eight-petalled flower modelled in relief, a stalk of diameter 7.4mm below it, and a washer which is threaded onto the lower extent of the stalk. Patinated overall. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750.
Diameter: 22.7mm, Height: 17.2mm, Weight: 16.67gms.
Class: Lid
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 1650
Date to: Circa AD 1750
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 17.2 mm
Weight: 16.67 g
Diameter: 22.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th February 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24770a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Ulceby with Fordington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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