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Record ID: NLM-20FCB5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery Body Sherd. Hard fine dull red fabric with thick black internal and external glaze, from a large thin walled vessel. The internal glaze is bubbled so as to expose the fabric beneath, so a kitchen function would perhaps be unlikely. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1950. This sherd was kindly examined by Helen Fry, Sandra Firth and Hazel West of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group. Thickness: 6mm, Weight: 99.17gms
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-20A154
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with traces of gilding Crucifix. Flat straight-armed crucifix with an apical loop for suspension. Both sides bear motifs in stamped low relief. On one side is the crucified Christ, draped at the waist and haloed, with scroll above. The other side bears the motif of a rayed Eucharistic host and chalice, and the legend THY / KING / DOM /COME - from the Lord's Prayer - with one syllable on each of the four arms of the cross. The emphasis on the Eucharist and the kingship of Christ would probably make this a Roman Catholic or High Anglican piece; as Catholic devotion on…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: NLM-080577
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pipeclay tobacco pipe fragment. Base of a bowl with small spur (lost - scar only) and fluted sides. A tobacco leaf motif ascends the front of the bowl. Stem bore: 1.9mm. A comparable decorative scheme is illustrated by Oswald (1975, BAR [Brit Ser] 14, plate VI no. 11). Suggested date: Modern, 1810-1850. Height: 19mm, Thickness (bowl): 3.1mm, Weight: 2.81g.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th September 2021
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Record ID: NLM-07FB14
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Possible Metal Working Debris. Fragment of a partly-melted plate or panel; possibly associated with glazing, as a stepped edge may represent a gutter for glazing. Partly melted, so either recycled or from a bonfire. The unpatinated state of the metal indicates a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1950. Length: 36.6mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 16.58gms
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-07F233
Object type: DOLL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Ceramic Possible Doll fragment. Moulded ceramic fragment, probably from the head of a doll. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Length: 30.4mm, Thickness: 3mm, Weight: 4.96gms.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-07DCB0
Object type: DOOR FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with black paint traces Probable escutcheon or keyhole fitting. Cast sub-rectangular plate, tapered slightly and bent at its narrower end. A stamped legend under a crown reads: VR / IMPROVED / LOCK Suggested date: Modern, 1840-1900. Length: 25.9mm, Width: 17.1mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 3.37gms.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-07D144
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with gilding Button. Cast flat discoid button with drawn wire loop attached to the back; an inner circle and gilding remain on the back. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 24.2mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 1.5mm, Weight: 5.29gms.
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-F6AC40
Object type: POKER
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Possible Fireside Implement Handle. Cast openwork object comprising a loop at either end with a stem uniting them. The larger loop is subdivided and reinforced by a thin rod springing from a flower bud, and bears a collared socket of internal diameter 4.7mm; the smaller loop is open, perhaps serving for suspension of the object, and has a flat-ended collared terminal at the equivalent position. Loops and stem are alike decorated with vegetal swags, florets and billeted borders. The object is now bent so as to bring the loops to a roughly side-by-side position. Suggeste…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-F69DF4
Object type: FIRE FENDER
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy with black paint or polish Hearth Fitting. Cast terminal with a screw threaded socket of diameter 3.3mm. The object is modelled three dimensionally after rectilinear Classical architectural forms, with a basal collar, an expanded surface with vertical leaf ornament capped by an entablature. Above this, the object is narrowed with an angled surface decorated by billeted ornament, a bordered band of pellet or ovulo decoration, and a flat top. Thick black material may be either paint, enamel or stove blacking; the object has a patinated surface where this coating has spal…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-F69286
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and glass amethyst stone, possibly gilded Brooch. Cast sub-rectangular back plate with a square frame overlaid; the corners of the latter project from the centre of each side of the back plate. A round boss of diameter 3.3mm is set at each angle of each of the two intersecting squares. A separate beaded setting retains a purple coloured translucent stone, probably of plano-convex form; the convex surface was apparently decorated with radial lines, though the stone is now shattered. Traces of gilding remain on the display face. The end of a hinged pin fastening remains …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-F66A73
Object type: BOWL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy Bowl fragments. Thirteen scraps from the body of a small cast bowl, including two attached feet and a fragment of a third, now detached. The outer surface bears a complex Neo-Classical design incorporating birds, flowers and cherub-like figures framed by floral or vegetal swags; the escutcheons for the feet are likewise decorated with florets and leaf motifs. The lower side of the bowl was apparently plain. Patinated or corroded within, the decorated outer face is unpatinated. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Length of largest fragment: 47mm, Thickness (wall of bowl)…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
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Record ID: NLM-F660E6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Mount. Cast openwork plate with stamped decoration comprising an ovulo border and floral or vegetal scrolls; a patch of solder and a spot of possible brazing on the back suggest this was fixed to another object. A U-shaped clip bent at right angles on the back may have assisted this fastening. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Height: 37.3mm, Width: 57.6mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight: 7.18gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-F282F3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Two Button fragments. Pair of cast flat discs from the fronts of composite buttons, of diameter 17.2mm and 14.0mm; the larger retains traces of a rim and gliding, and both show a scar on the back where a separate loop has been lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Combined Weight: 3.73gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-F265E5
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Hem Weight. Cast flat discoid weight fragment with paired stitching holes drilled from both sides, of diameter 2.6mm. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 26.3mm, Thickness: 3.1mm, Weight: 12.78gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-F24A97
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal and copper alloy Three Button fragments. A flat discoid button with a boss on the back, of diameter 18.5mm, and retaining a drawn wire loop; a concavo-convex back from a composite button, of diameter 24.3mm with the stub of wire loop; and a composite plano-convex button of diameter 20.6mm with a front decorated by a floral spray on a finely lined ground, the latter retaining traces of gilding; there are indistinct traces of a maker's legend on the back, and a wire loop. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Combined Weight: 12.18gms
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-F237D7
Object type: TALLY
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tally. Cast disc with stamped letter L in centre of one side. These counters were used during harvest or other agricultural piece work, to enable calculation of wages for day workers. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 24.7mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 3.61gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
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Record ID: NLM-F219A6
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, possibly tinned Bell fragment. Cast shard from a hemispherical bell of estimated diameter 60mm, with a stepped edge to its mouth, a feature which might enable this to join with another hemisphere. The surface appears grey as if tinned, though it is possible that this is merely the result of the use of a tin rich alloy appropriate to bell making. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Height: 27.7mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 7.95gms.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-5D13A6
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy Locket. Cast oval back plate with separate rim, possibly a border or wreath, considered likely to be for a miniature portrait. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Length: 15.3mm, Width: 13.8mm, Thickness (overall): 2.9mm, Weight: 1.60gms.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-4D9B44
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and ?plaster Unknown. A disc of hard white cemented material with two concentric bands of copper alloy binding; the outer band, which is of 0.5mm thickness, has begun to unwind. The hard white material within has been investigated with a pencil point. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Diameter: 12.6mm, Thickness: 5.3mm, Weight: 2.52gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-4D8A53
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with gilding Locket. Pressed metal oval back plate with five surviving bosses projecting from its edge, with an attached pressed plate, decorated with, from its outer order: a billeted edge, a granulated ring, and a central raised oval panel with the stamped image of a swallow. Gilding is retained between the billeted ornaments and around the granulations. A paur of holes of diameter 1.6mm in the back-plate may be intended to facilitate either opening or suspension.Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 21.9mm, Width: 18.1mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 2.07gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-4D6BB2
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Bale Seal. Cast pair of discs of thickness 1mm linked by a sprue, clenched together with a lug passing through an aperture in the smaller disc. The stamped legend 18 / 3 5 appears on the larger disc. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1840. Diameter: 22.5mm, Thickness (overall): 3.6mm, Weight: 7.21gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-4D5F36
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Weight. Cast discoid weight, one of a nesting set with raised rim. A stamped legend reads: ¼ OZ. The base is dimpled. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 18.3mm, Thickness: 4.7mm, Weight: 6.49gms.
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-4C9674
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Coin. Halfpenny, probably of Victoria (1837-1901). Obverse description: Bust coiffed with bun left. Reverse description: Britannia seated left. Diameter: 27.6mm, Weight: 7.89gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-48E022
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy Possible Knife Handle fragment. Cast rectangular plano-convex object, lightly dished on its back. The display face bears closely-spaced cross-hatched lines with a smooth terminal from which a subdivided triangular motif extends into the hatched field. A rivet hole of diameter 2mm appears off-centre here. Broken at the other end and abraded along the edges, and lightly bowed along its length. The hatching presumably afforded grip. As the hollow on the reverse does not continue all the way along the object, it seems it is near complete, perhaps missing a terminal. This fea…
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E49663
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mother of Pearl Button. A tiny flat discoid button with four stitch holes of diameter 1mm is probably lathe made, and might help secure a larger button. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 7mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 0.07gms.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E3C783
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery rim sherd, perhaps from dish or lid. A hard white fabric with white tin glaze overall bears a green stripe along its edge, and the edge of a blue and white transfer printed design featuring water on its flat base or top. A letter, possibly Q, is embossed on the outer surface. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Wallace Collyer of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group kindly identified this sherd. Weight: 46.12gms.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
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Record ID: NLM-925975
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Ferrule. Pressed metal band, with flat borders and slightly concavo-convex central field. Probably from a walking stick or cane. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Internal diameter: 21mm, Band Width: 8.3mm, Thickness: 1mm, Weight: 3.61gms.
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-133DB1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White Metal and Copper alloy Three flat discoid buttons (a-c). Button (a) is white metal with a drawn wire loop soldered to the back, diameter 15.5mm; (b) is copper alloy with tinned front, also with wire loop on back, diameter: 22.3mm; (c) is either button front or drawing pin head, diameter: 14.6mm. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Combined Weight: 7.36gms.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-11D723
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy Possible Bag seal, of lead ribbon. Cast rectangular strip, folded or crimped together. One side is hatched to provide grip, the other presents a plain bordered field. Lightly patinated. Suggested date: Probably modern, 1800-1900. Length: 24.8mm, Width: 5.9mm, Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight: 2.22gms.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-110521
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Plate. Fragment of cast plate of 1.3mm thickness with three round-section studs projecting. It is speculatively suggested this may be a fragment from a supplementary grip for a shoe sole, working in a similar way to a hobnail. Copper alloy could be used where dust presented the risk of explosion were sparks to be struck from iron shoe fittings, as in powder magazines, but also, in an agricultural context, in grain stores. Alternatively this may be from agricultural machinery. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Length: 16.7mm, Width: 15.9mm, Thickness: 5.2mm, Weight: …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-EB2D43
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or Lead Alloy Token. Chemist's token, as identified by the finder who kindly suggests it may be associated with the supply of chemicals for agricultural or vetinary purposes. A stamped disc bearing legend on one side: a monogram IXL forms a central motif, with bordered circumferential legend: *AYRTON & SAUNDERS*TRADE MARK Other than an impressed line corresponding to that of the outer border of the legend the reverse is blank. The pharmaceutical company of Ayrton and Saunders was established in Liverpool in 1858 and was sold in 1998. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1960. Diame…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-EB2100
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Brooch. Composite hollow brooch of pressed metal elements, comprising: a flat back plate of thickness circa 0.5mm with stub of hinge and pin and pin loop; a rhomboid plate with angular boxes at its four points, 19 knops around its edge, and floral ornament; and a central eight-pointed star with central circular boss, applied over the intermediate element. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 35.8mm, Height: 27.5mm, Thickness (clear of pin gear): 4.7mm, Weight (possibly with soil trapped within): 6.13gms
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-EB0113
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Sixpence of George III (1760-1820), dated 1816, in fine condition . Obverse description: Bust laureate right. Obverse inscription: GEOR:III D.G.' BRITT.'REX F.D. 1816 Reverse description: Arms of England, Ireland, Scotland and Hanover in crowned shield-shaped cartouche within Garter. Diameter: 19.4mm, Weight: 2.70gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-EAEE18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Milled Shilling of George III (1760-1820), dated 1817, in very fine condition. Obverse description: Bust laureate right. Obverse inscription; GEOR:III D.G.' BRITT.'REX F.D. 1817 Reverse description: Arms of England, Ireland, Scotland and Hanover in crowned shield-shaped cartouche within Garter. Diameter: 23.6mm, Weight: 5.49gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-EAB857
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White Metal and copper alloy Brooch. Pressed metal of thickness circa 0.5mm, the front from a hollow composite discoid uniform button. An oval loop of copper alloy has been inserted in the back, and is flanked by the stubs of an attached hinged pin and a loop to receive its pointed end. The design on the front is the Royal Arms, with Lion and Unicorn flanking a crowned garter and shield of Arms with a small lion walking right above the crown. The finder suggests this may be silver, but its light weight may suggest some other white metal. The object was perhaps adapted for a British…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E98C13
Object type: RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Ring. A large hollow eyelet or related fitting, perhaps from the edge of a tent or tarpaulin, made by the union of two concavo-convex pressed metal rings. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Diameter: 24.2mm, band width: 5.4mm, Thickness: 4.6mm, Weight: 3.78gms.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E944F7
Object type: OFFCUT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Offcuts. Three fragments of cast lead sheet, now crumpled, two of thickness 1.2mm and a third of thickness 2.5mm. Submitted together with a scrap of lead melt. All these objects are unpatinated, suggesting a fairly recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1950. Combined Weight: 82.19gms.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E93713
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and white metal Two Buttons. White metal shirt button of diameter 13.7mm and flat discoid button of diameter 16.1mm, both with four central stitching holes. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Combined Weight: 1.68gms.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E92A06
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Strap Loop. Pressed metal loop with folded lug and long oval-ended aperture. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Length: 16.4mm, Height: 36.2mm, Thickness: 1.6mm, Weight: 2.87gms.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E91E67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Coin. Milled Half Farthing of Victoria (1837-1901), dated 1844. Obverse description: Bust left. Obverse inscription: VICTORIA D G BRITANNIAR[--]EGINA F D Reverse description: Crown over legend: HALF / FARTHING / 1844 Diameter: 17.7mm, Weight: 2.20gms, die axis: 12
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E91335
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Harness Buckle. Cast single looped buckle with bevelled frame and offset strap bar, worn at pin rest. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1950. Length: 34.6mm, Height: 34.8mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 12.52gms.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E8F8B6
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Metal Working Debris. Two fragments of lead melt, both congealed on a flat surface. The unpatinated surfaces indicate a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1950. Combined Weight: 25.95gms.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E8CF42
Object type: PENKNIFE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and Steel Penknife fragment. Cast copper alloy terminal and two side plates of thickness 0.8mm from a folding penknife; the stubs of two blades and a leaf spring are retained by the terminal. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Length: 75.5mm, Width: 16.1mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 10.98gms.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-E8BEF2
Object type: FIRE TONGS
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Fireside Companion Set. The cast collared spherical terminal of a hearth-brush, tongs or poker handle with a suspension loop which passes through an aperture, attached to a concavo-convex disc of diameter 44.5mm and thickness 1mm, intended to shield the user's hand from the heat of a fire. A further similar disc of diameter 47.6mm and thickness 0.8mm was reported along with this object, and probably derives from the same set of fireside implements. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Combined Weight: 48.64gms.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-EDEF86
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Thimble fragment. Top of a domed pressed metal thimble with indentations in a rectilinear grid pattern. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: 14.7mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight: 0.77gms.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-D21E04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Sixpence of Victoria (1837-1901). Obverse description: Bust coiffed with bun left. Obverse inscription: VICTORIA DEO GRATIA BRITANNIAR:REG:F:D. Reverse description: Wreath of oak and laurel crowned, central legend, date below: SIX / PENCE / 1845 Diameter: 19.2mm, Weight: 2.61gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
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Record ID: NLM-55D5E5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rose gold and silver finger rings. Pair of cast flattened D-section rings linked together; it is now uncertain which band was broken to permit their union. The gold ring carries a hallmark reading: RJ (maker's initials) / [cushion crown] (UK after 1798) / 375 (9 carat gold) / [leopard mask] (London assay office) / T for year. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950 Internal diameter (gold band): 19mm, width: 3mm, thickness: 0.7mm Internal diameter (silver band): 18.8mm, width: 2.9mm, Thickness: 0.7mm Combined weight: 2.55gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-558EE8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Coin. Milled Ten Egyptian Qirsh, issued under the Ottoman Turkish rule of Sultan Mohammed V (1909-1918). Obverse description: Flower at right of toughra, floral swags and quivers below, seven stars above. Reverse description: Floral swag, accession date below the Arabic word Misr (Egypt), Duriba fi above, three stars over. Paul Cannon kindly corrects an initially erroneous identification by MF, commenting as follows: 'Below the Arabic word for Egypt is the AH date 1327. This is the accession year of the Ottoman Sultan Mohammed V (not Abdul Hamid II)…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-557653
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with black paint locket. Sheet metal cover, for a locket, of sub-rectangular form with scalloped edges. A hinge is set on the back. Traces of black paint remain on the display face, and may hint this was intended to contain a mourning keepsake. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 18.3mm, Width: 16.1mm, Thickness (clear of hinge): 0.6mm, Weight: 1.00gm.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-54D1F7
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled token, or possibly gaming token or privately minted farthing. One face retains trace of inner circle enclosing a cushion crown as part of a more extensive motif; all other detail lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1850. Diameter: 23.7mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 3.79gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-54C990
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy watch winder. Cast loop with lug for winder opposite another for attachment to fob. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 22mm, Width: 12.3mm, Thickness: 3.5mm, Weight: 1.42gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-54BBF1
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy medallion. Milled commemorative medallion, dated 1863, pierced at 12 O'clock for suspension. Obverse description: Pair of heads left Obverse inscription: ALBERT PRINCE OF WALES & PRINCESSALEXANDRA Reverse description: Prince of Wales' crest of feathers and mottos on scroll, over floral swags of thistles left and roses right; central legend over three lines. Reverse inscription: MARRIED / MARCH 10th / 1863 Diameter: 38mm, Thickness: 2mm, Weight: 17.88gms, die axis: 12.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-549E06
Object type: PLATE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy plate. Fragment of a rectangular plate with a grid pattern of straight lines on one side. Function unknown: this could be anything from an electrical fitting to part of a toy or model. Patinated, more heavily on the reverse. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Length: 21mm, Width: 20.1mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 1.73gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-537F78
Object type: ROD
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead rod. Cast round section rod; the appearance of a point at one end may have been produced by a shearing cut. The other end is slightly lipped or hollowed. The object seems heavy for its size, even for a lead object where this might be expected; a lack of patina tends to indicate a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-2000. Length: 31.8mm, Diameter: 6.7mm, Weight: 10.32gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-4433B1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery base sherd. Dull red hard fabric with thick black glossy glaze inside and out. The glaze is thickest - more than 2mm - inside the vessel. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. This sherd was kindly identified by members of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group. Weight: 32.60gms.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
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Record ID: NLM-43DBD5
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pipeclay tobacco pipe fragment. Moulded bowl fragment with vertical tobacco leaf motif on seam and partial legend GAI[--] around rim and an uncertain device, possibly a robed figure holding a vertical staff. The finder cites parallels from P. Davey (BAR 63, page 14, fig. 4 no. 11) describing a pipe by 'Sherrey, Gainsborough'; Oswald (BAR 14, page 183) who identifies E. Sherry as a Gainsborough pipe maker active 1792-1822; and J.E. Mann (1977) describing a possible Masonic pipe design (this cited as Lincoln 1970-1974, pages 37-38, no. 210). Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1820. Weigh…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th September 2021
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Record ID: NLM-4033A3
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pipeclay: two thin moulded tobacco pipe stem fragments of diameter 7mm with wire drawn bore of diameter 1.8mm. Suggested date: Possibly Modern, 1800-1850. Combined weight: 2.76g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th September 2021
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Record ID: NLM-400244
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and ?jet, painted bracelet fragment. Cast curving openwork strip with twelve tiny facetted black beads of diameter 3.4mm remaining attached. The beads were mounted on tiny pointed drawn wire pins of length 2.5mm projecting from three rows of circular sockets. Traces of black paint survive on the reverse. The object does not show any sign of breakage and may have been attached to a cord or strap of another material (now lost). The fashion for jet jewellery for formal mourning was established by Queen Victoria after the death of her consort Prince Albert in 1861. Slightly c…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-3FE898
Object type: LURE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead and iron fishing lure. Plano-convex casting representing a beetle with eyes, wing case and abdomen modelled, and with the bent stub of an iron hook or pin embedded in its flat underside on the centre line, a little towards the tail. The form of the object enabled it to spin as it was drawn through water, and the low relief detail on the convex face was intended to set up vibrations to entice fish such as salmon or pike - its 'realistic' appearance would be of more significance to the fisherman than to his prey. If successful, the object would function as a gorge, to stick crosswa…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-6638E0
Object type: PARASOL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy parasol fitting, from the end of a rib. Cast conical cylinder with an apical loop formed by crimping of its narrower end. This terminal bears a drilled hole of diameter 2.5mm, and its stepped sides suggest it was intended to limit movement to a single plane. At its wider end, the cylinder bears scars indicating the position of a transverse rivet with a head diameter of 2.3mm - its further extent is lost, though its other end is visible, showing it went through the object off-centre. A similar, larger, object retaining degraded wood (NLM-662EE3) was reported along wit…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-661835
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead bag seal. Cast pair of discs linked by sprue and clamped together to leave a long slot on one edge opposite a bifurcated slot, enabling use with a drawstring. A beaded border appears on both sides: within this is CARTER in a flowing script as if handwritten, and on the other side L O N D O N. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 25.3mm, Thickness: 5.5mm, Weight: 16.16gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-656171
Object type: PLAQUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plaque. Cast concavo-convex shield-shaped plate bearing numerous punched holes of diameter circa 1mm on its convex face. The finder kindly notes these spell out HOME / SWEET / HOME over three lines. This phrase was first popularised as the title of a sentimental ballad written by John Howard Payne in 1823; then as a soldiers' song in the American Civil War; and as a text for children's needlework samplers - most of the letters may be rendered in straight lines. It was perhaps the latter source this object draws upon. The concave face may suggest attachment to a mug or bot…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-651956
Object type: FLAT IRON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, painted, iron stand. Shoe-shaped plate with a triangular platform and oval-ended handle; three round section pins of diameter 8.3mm and length 30mm (one lost) were set in round holes with edges lightly countersunk on the upper side of the plate. Jennifer Dunne, Collections Assistant (Social History) for NorthLincolnshireMuseum, kindly confirms the opinion of the finder that this is probably an iron stand for the temporary storage of a heated flat iron, and comments it may be for a small iron used for specialised tasks or unusually shaped objects such as hats. Paint survi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-64E484
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy, with coat of paint or tar, possible vessel fragments. Two fragments of a cast vessel with curved body of thickness 2.6mm and a thickened rim, the latter possibly serving as a lid seat. A thick black paint or tarry coating is splashed on the outside surface of both fragments, and may suggest its use rather than a decorative finish. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Dimensions for larger piece: Height: 23mm, Estimated diameter: circa 140mm, Thickness (rim): 5mm, Combined Weight: 18.71gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-64B6E4
Object type: NOZZLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible nozzle fragment. Cast tubular object with a shoulder above which it continued at a diameter of 14mm; this further extent is lost. This might come from a pair of bellows, or from gas supply equipment or domestic water piping. The good condition tends to indicate a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1875-1950. Diameter (approximate): 30mm, Height: 17.5mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 11.93gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-64AA14
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy toy. Cast toy bowl with a pedestal foot and everted rim. This object appears apt to use in a dolls' house kitchen. An external mould line is visible; the bowl is now slightly squashed and part of its upper body is lost. The vessel form is distinct from that of Post-Medieval objects reported from London, and is suggested to be of later date. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Diameter (approximate): 25mm, Height: 24mm, Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 5.46gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-649653
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead metal working debris. Fragment of lead melt, spilt and solidified on a flat surface. The unpatinated state of this object indicates a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-2000. Weight: 33.62gms.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-6486F6
Object type: PLUMB BOB
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, painted, possible plumb bob. Cast point with four radial tapered fins or vanes in opposed pairs, one larger (25.5mm across) and one smaller (15mm across). The object is collared above the vanes with a circular top (of three quarter inch diameter) and traces of a central hole or socket of diameter 5mm, now filled. The surfaces of the fins are stippled with fine punch marks, and patches of lime green paint occur over all but the upper surface. The object appears apt for use with a theodolite, whereby the point would be suspended over a reference point. Suggested date: Mode…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-630253
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pipeclay tobacco pipe fragment. Stem fragment with wire drawn bore of 2.3mm. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Weight: 1.73g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th September 2021
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Record ID: NLM-258B65
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy lock fragment. End of a barrel lock with keyhole shaped aperture. A pair of screws on opposite sides of the plate, with housings of diameter circa 3.8mm, attached it to the body of the lock case. Burned. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 25.1mm, Thickness (plate): circa 2mm, Weight: 7.39gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-257AC4
Object type: PENKNIFE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron penknife. Cast plano-convex oval ended terminal from a penknife side plate, with a fragment of corroded steel blade attached. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 18mm, Width: 18.3mm, Thickness: 5.8mm, Weight: 5.12gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-24B584
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Composite hollow discoid button with wire loop. The front bears a Calvary - a cross on a plinth of three steps - with an indistinct two word legend on a scroll above the cross. The back bears maker's details: [P]ITT & Co., and, inverted: 31 .MAC[---]. An identical button (NLM-2441E6) was reported from Muckton, Lincs. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: 26mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 5.5mm, Weight: 6.39gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-2499E1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token. Milled token, encrusted on one side, chipped towards its edge. One side bears the partial circumferential legend: [--]RETFORD[---]. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1850. Diameter: 20.6mm, Thickness: 1.4mm, Weight: 2.09gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-248137
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel fragment. Cast and turned rim fragment from a robust vessel of estimated rim diameter 110mm; the vessel body, which is of 3.6mm thickness, increasing to 5.7mm by a break in the vessel wall (see below), may also have expanded in diameter below its rim. The overall form may have resembled that of a chemist's mortar. The rim was square in profile with an upper lip which converges with the outer edge of the rim as it approaches a vertical break in the wall, possibly to enable pouring. The vertical break in rim and vessel wall is a deliberately made feature, though of u…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-23C940
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cuff link. Pressed metal pair of discs; the larger is recessed to receive a stone or plaque (lost); a tapered shank extends from this element to a hinged union with a smaller disc intended to retain the link in a button hole. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Length (as found): 24.3mm, Diameter (larger disc): 16.3mm, Thickness: 0.9mm, Weight: 1.57gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-23A861
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal and glass brooch. Pressed metal brooch, comprising three oval rings made in one piece along with a central setting retaining a small pink glass stone. The back of the brooch is recessed and retains the housing for a light safety-pin fastening; the pin is lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1920-1960. Length: 28.9mm, Height: 9.1mm, Thickness (at stone): 2.9mm, Weight: 1.02gms.
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-238C57
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spoon. Cast bowl of a teaspoon. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 41.1mm, Width: 29.8mm, Thickness: 1.2mm, Weight: 7.18gms
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-13BA14
Object type: SHOTGUN
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shotgun cartridge extractor: a tool for removing a cartridge jammed in the breech of a shotgun. This procedure was more usually necessary before the introduction of automatic ejection systems. The tool would only be worn until required, when the three bevelled prongs would afford a grip on the metal base of a cartridge and a twist of the wrist would dislodge it. The numeral 12 is stamped in the flat face where the base of the cartridge would rest, indicating this version would serve a 12 bore shotgun. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1930. Internal diameter: 19mm, Band w…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-1394C6
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble fragment. Pressed metal conical thimble with foot ring, fine indentations around its body and slightly larger indentations on its domed top. Now torn; about one third is lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: circa 16mm, Height: 16.4mm, Thickness (wall): 1mm, Weight: 2.63gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-123BA7
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy watch winder. Cast loop with a socket key, now split open, and a further lug of graduated thickness opposite the winding key for attachment to a fob. Now in two fragments. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 11.3mm, Width (at key socket): 4.6mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 0.88gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-10FB43
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base sherd. Fragment of base of a Stoneware jar or bottle, with hard thick transparent glaze inside and out. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. This sherd was kindly examined by Helen Fry, Sandra Firth and Hazel West of the North Lincolnshire Pottery Research Group. Weight: 57.76gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-10C9F0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Finger Ring. Cast D section band with ends butted or broken, bearing floral motifs in relief. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Internal diameter: 17.6mm, Band Width: 2.8mm, Band Thickness: 1.1mm, Weight: 1.11gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-0FDAE1
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead Alloy 'Bill and Charlie' Replica of a Pilgrim Badge. Cast relief image of a bearded mask. The face has exaggerated brows and round staring eyes, a straight-sided nose modelled in particularly high relief, a beard shown as straight strokes, and drapery rendered as crude cross-hatching. A hole of diameter 2mm has been drilled at the high hairline. The back is entirely flat, and the object retains its leaden grey colour overall. Few English pilgrim badges depicted bearded subjects: the most commonly rendered male portrait subject, Thomas Becket, was always port…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-0F77B4
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy and iron Escutcheon or keyhole cover. Cast flat plate of bell-like form, with ferrous corrosion attached to an apical lug. The side with the iron fitting bears stamped letters A R. The other side bears the stamped legend PATENT below the stamped impression of a Classical frontage with curved pediment, and the letters RE- forming the ground storey of this image. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 35mm, Width: 22.1mm, Thickness (clear of fixing): 1.7mm, Weight: 5.83gms
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-0F69C1
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy Bag Seal. Cast tube flattened and stamped; a motif within a circular frame may be a bird. Indistinct letters appear above, as part of paired inner and outer orders, while below an legend includes HUL[L], and the outer legend EL?GAN. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 19.9mm, Width: 11.7mm, Thickness: 2.4mm, Weight: 3.39gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-0F2942
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Knife Bolster. Cast subrectangular handle fitting with an oval slot to accommodate a whittle tang; the object is divided on its lower part so as to fit either side of a robust blade (lost), and is lightly bevelled. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Height: 11.6mm, Width: 19.5mm, Thickness: 12.1mm, Weight: 10.12gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-0F0873
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy badge. Cast flat badge depicting an ignited grenade (rendered as a concavo-convex figure) flanked by the letters R and F and with the numeral 23 above. This is a badge for the 23rd service battalion of the Royal Fuzileers, a formation raised for the 1914-1918 War. Peter Hart kindly comments: '23rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers. Nicknamed 1st Sportsman's. Raised 1914, disbanded 1919.Their first shoulder title was 1/Sportsman's/RF, see Westlake no. 799', citing R. A. Westlake, Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles, no.800. Suggested date: Modern, 1914-1919. Height: 45.4mm, Wid…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-0E94E4
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Possible handle. Cast bulbous terminal for a handle, narrowed at one end where it meets an integrally cast shank or stem of 3mm diameter. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Length: 19.4mm, Diameter: 7.1mm, Weight: 2.69gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-0E7B67
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy with enamel and chrome plate Badge. Lapel badge with crescentic button on back for attachment. A circular field with a large central W is surrounded by legend: FRODINGHAM IRONSTONE MINES, with the numeral 97 on a sub-rectangular plate below. The lettering and plate are chromed, appearing against a ground of dark green enamel. Where the enamel has spalled away it reveals a reddish brown backing. Bent and abraded, though complete. Suggested date: Modern, 1930-1967. Height: 36.1mm, Width: 31mm, Thickness (clear of fastening): 1.5mm, Weight: 10.75gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-0E6BF1
Object type: GAMING CHIP
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Gaming token, apparently imitating form of gold guinea coin of Victoria (1837-1901). Obverse description: Youthful bust coiffed left. Circumferential lettering illegible. Reverse description: George and dragon right; illegible ?date in exergue. Suggested date: Modern, 1840-1900. Diameter: 12.5mm, Weight: 0.41gms, die axis: 6.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
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Record ID: NLM-FDAAB6
Object type: LID
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal lid. Cast liner or lid seal; a fringed edge appears to have been crimped to effect closure of a vessel. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 24.8mm, Thickness: 3.6mm, Weight: 11.24gms.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-FC8207
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button, flat discoid with boss on back for attachment of a wire loop (lost); a stepped rim is milled, and concentric lines on the back suggest milled finishing. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: 25.4mm, Thickness (at rim): 2mm, Weight: 6.32gms.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-FB0FD1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buttons. Five button fragments, including a concavo-convex button front torn by removal of loop; three flat discoid buttons of which one has a boss on back for the loop and another retains a wire loop; and a shirt button with four central holes. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1950. Total Weight: 12.10gms.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-FAE574
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button. Composite plano-convex button with separate wire loop; the stamped button front bears a rosette of seven pellets on a field probably representing petals. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: 12.8mm, Thickness (clear of loop): 5.1mm, Weight: 1.20gms.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-FAA241
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button fragment. Cast flat discoid button with central scar on back where a separate loop has been lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: 27.2mm, Thickness: 2.8mm, Weight: 8.65gms.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-AB16D4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble. Conical thimble with a plain basal zone bordered by a slight foot ring and an upper circumferential rib, and otherwise covered with fine indentations. A brownish patina has accumulated over the object, obscuring some surface detail. Slightly squashed. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: circa 16mm, Height: 21.8mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 3.91gms.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-AACA74
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot. Cast shot, for a pistol, carbine or fowling piece, or perhaps from a charge of buckshot. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1850. Diameter: 8.5mm, Weight: 3.33gms.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-9525F1
Object type: DISC
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White Metal discs. Two similar discs (a and b), both with a slightly flanged edge which may suggest they had formed parts of lids or closures, and bearing whitish encrustation or patination. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Diameters: (a) 31.3mm and (b) 31.0mm, Thickness: (a) 1.6mm and (b) 1.5mm, Weights: (a) 4.93gms and (b) 6.01gms.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-951C71
Object type: WHISTLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
White metal whistle. Mouthpiece with slot on its upper side, possibly cast, possibly detached from a component of different material, now crumpled. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1950. Length: 22.5mm, Diameter: 12mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight (with trapped soil) 4.78gms.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Record ID: NLM-94A0C4
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy furniture fitting. Fragment from a pressed metal plate, perhaps discoid in form, with a concentric cabled design which appears reversed on the back. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Length: 39.8mm, Width: 29.5mm, Thickness: 0.6mm, Weight: 3.01gms
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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