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BEAD
Unique ID: NLM-363B6F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Mid blue glass bead. A globular bead probably moulded in semi-translucent glass with a stringing hole of diameter 3.5mm and with faint turning or finishing lines on its outer surface. Beads of various pale and sky blue tints were especially favoured in the Victorian period to decorate lace bobbins. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900.
Diameter: 8.8mm, Length: 6.7mm, Weight: 0.65gms.
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
Length: 6.7 mm
Weight: 0.65 g
Diameter: 8.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31325
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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