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TOBACCO HOLDER
Unique ID: NLM-3265A4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lead alloy tobacco jar lid handle. A cast handle in the form of a flower with a central rimmed boss and eight rounded petals, at the end of a waisted stalk with a basal expansion to engage in a lid of a different material. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750.
Height: 24.5mm, Diameter: 24.2mm, Weight: 25.60gms
Class: Lid Handle
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: 24.5 mm
Weight: 25.6 g
Diameter: 24.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 31st October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37865
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ravendale
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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