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PENCIL
Unique ID: LIN-12ABAE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Georgian silver 'porte crayon' or propelling pencil, probaby dating 1800-1830. The pencil is formed of a ribbed cylinder with a collar around the centre. The collar has a central raised band decorated with possible floral motifs, flanked on either side by a beaded band and a plain band. The object is damaged at both ends and is now slightly bent. A rectangular slot is located at the nib-end; the bend now exposes the interior, revealing a reeled mechanism with a pencil at one end.
Similar casings from porte crayons are recorded on the PAS database (e.g. LIN-F7D783 and ESS-C521B5).
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Period to: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1800
Date to: Circa AD 1830
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Metheringham area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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