Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
THIMBLE
Unique ID: SWYOR-691DCA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy domed thimble dating from the Mediaeval period, about AD1330 - 1400. The thimble is short, wide and has a domed top, which is damaged and partially missing. The walls are thin, suggesting it was hammered. It has five rectangular panels on the walls, deliminated by outlined strapwork geometric decoration. Each panel is filled with drilled circular pits, with either five or six rows, but apparently not arranged in either rows or columns. The design continues to the apex with five triangular panels on the crown. It is 18.3mm in diameter, 10.3mm in height and weighs 4.22g.
Compare number 85 and 86 on page 24 of Read (2018) Metal Sewing Thimbles Found in Britain.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1330
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 10.3 mm
Weight: 4.22 g
Diameter: 18.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2019 - Friday 12th April 2019
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS Form No. 003624
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: North Cave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8931
Four figure Latitude: 53.76775197
Four figure longitude: -0.65123544
1:25K map: SE8931
1:10K map: SE83SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read, B. | 2018 | Metal Sewing-Thimbles Found in Britain | Oxford | Archaeopress | 24 |
Similar objects
Find number: CAM-1AEF18
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A complete but squashed, cracked and bent white metal thimble of Post-Medieval date. It is assumed to be made of silver, however XRF analysis…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: PUBLIC-3E590B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Copper-alloy thimble, with slightly ragged basal rim 16.75mm in diameter. The sides are straight and the thimble tapers very slightly to a do…
Workflow: Published
Find number: LON-BB52BE
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A complete post medieval silver thimble dating mid 16th - early 17th century. This thimble tapers slightly to a domed peak, it was made in tw…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618