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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SF-EEEF28
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Post Medieval thimble, dating to c. AD 1520-1620. It has tapering sides and a shallow domed top; the indentations are oval and have been machine drilled in a right-hand spiral, running from the base up the sides and covering the crown of the thimble. The outer face of its base has a circumferential groove; at the start of the indentations, just above the aforementioned groove, there is a maker's mark probably depicting a transverse A. The surfaces are in fair condition, although it is slightly squashed.
Thimbles with makers' marks appear to have been imported mostly from Nuremberg where, under the ordinances of the Guild of Thimblemakers, all thimbles and sewing rings were required to carry the mark of the master who made them (Holmes, 1988, p. 3).
Height: 18.58mm
Diameter (squashed): 21.72mm
Thickness: 0.67mm
Weight: 4.11g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1520
Date to: Exactly AD 1620
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 18.58 mm
Thickness: 0.67 mm
Weight: 4.11 g
Diameter: 21.72 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th October 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's reference: cov 52
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes, E.F. | 2004 | Finds Research Group Datasheet | London | Finds Research Group | p. 3 |
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