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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NLM-421EB3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Silver thimble fragment. Part of the wall of a thimble made from sheet metal with a plain basal zone, above which the lower part of its wall is occupied by a series of vegetal curlicues and loops against a stippled ground, all framed by linear borders. The upper part of the wall bears machine stamped circular pits of diameter 0.7mm which appear as if rising in diagonal rows from right to left. The thin sheet metal used is typical of Victorian silver objects which, despite the intrinsic value of the material, are fairly common field finds, and which must therefore have been frequently discarded. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900.
Length: 22.7mm, Height: 17.2mm, Thickness: 0.2mm, Weight: 0.67gms
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: 1
Length: 22.7 mm
Height: 17.2 mm
Thickness: 0.2 mm
Weight: 0.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 27th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36053
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Low Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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