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THIMBLE
Unique ID: LVPL-A47174
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy thimble dating to the Post-Medieval period, (1500-1700). The object is circular in plan is domed at the top. The thimble is covered with regular pits which appear to be machine made. At the base of the object the surface is un-pitted at the edge of which runs a circumferential groove. The object has a mid-brown patina and is in good condition. It can be dated from c. 1620.
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 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.27 mm
Width: 18.97 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
District: Warrington (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Winwick
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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