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UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Unique ID: NLM-29D47E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Silver unidentified object fragments. Two fragments of beaten silver sheet of thickness 0.2mm with a plain zone at one end and a stamped or pressed pattern of close-set parallel wavy lines occupying the larger extent of the surface on one side only; both fragments have straight cut edges, indicating some deliberation in their reduction to this sorry state. The regularity of the textured surface may suggest machine manufacture or finishing. Two fragments became three in the course of their recording. Suggested date: Post-Medieval,1800-1900.
Length (largest piece): 23.2mm, Weight: 0.43gms
Notes:
This may represent the common - if surprising - discard of fragmentary silverware which seems particularly characteristic of 19th-century rubbish disposal regimes.
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 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2
Length: 23.2 mm
Thickness: 0.2 mm
Weight: 0.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34680
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: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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