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THIMBLE

Unique ID: SF-032F36

Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete and flattened copper-alloy circular thimble or sewing ring of probable late Medieval to early Post-Medieval date. It is missing approximately half of the object due to old breaks, now worn.

It has an unthickened rim with circumferential groove at the bottom and the top. The front face has diagonal rows of drilled circular indentations.

This thimble measures 27.80mm in length, 18.16mm in width, 0.84mm in thickness, 1.99g in weight.

There is a similar example from London (Egan, 1998, p. 267, no. 820).

Class: Sewing ring

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27.8 mm
Width: 18.16 mm
Thickness: 0.84 mm
Weight: 1.99 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
To be known as: Snetterton

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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