Record ID: NLM-20CB60
Object type: SYRINGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy possible syringe. Cast tube, open at one collared end and with a curved end with aperture of diameter 3.7mm at the other and the stub of a narrower continuation. A paired line is inscribed close to the mid point of the cylinder. Chipped recently towards its open end with a fragment detached. This is suggested to be the cylinder for a syringe for either medical or veterinary use. For the former, this may have been used to irrigate the uretha of the sufferer of a venereal disease with mercury or other palliative compounds. Closely dated examples come from the wreck of the Mar…
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashby cum Fenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-498983
Object type: SYRINGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper allo possible syringe fragment. Cast round section rod with two integrally cast round plates towards its wider end, the larger of diameter 17.4mm and the smaller, at the end, of diameter 17.1mm with a pair of opposed drilled holes of diameter 3.7mm. Functions might include a plunger or a bobbin. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1800. Length: 44.3mm, Diameter (maximum): 17.7mm, Weight: 14.27gms.
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-76E554
Object type: SYRINGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown copper alloy syringe. A ring design is noted, plunger extends. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1850
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9D0CC5
Object type: SYRINGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable syringe fragment. A tube probably constructed by the butted jointure of the opposed edges of a rectangular plate, with a flange at one end to engage another component, and nearly closed at the other save for a central hole of diameter 3.5mm. A pair of moulded ribs pass round the cylinder at its midpoint. A syringe may have been for medical use – the treatment of syphilis entailed  the irrigation of the uretha with mercury, giving rise to the proverb: ‘One night with Venus and a lifetime with Mercury’. However, in a rural context a veter…
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 20th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.