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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SOMDOR-A13E67
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A stamped and hammered sheet copper alloy thimble of probable post-medieval date. The thimble has been squashed but is 18.7mm high and the narrow end has a diameter of about 13mm. It weighs 5.21g. It has been made in one piece with a flat top. The hand-punched indentations are in the form of a right-hand spiral, there is no tonsure and there is a faint maker's mark at the start of the spiral, in the form of a five pointed star with squared 'points'. The maker's mark suggests that the thimble was probably manufactured in Nuremberg, Germany, during the sixteenth or early seventeenth century AD (Holmes, 1988, p.3.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1520
Date to: Circa AD 1620
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.7 mm
Width: 27.4 mm
Thickness: 11.9 mm
Weight: 5.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 21st June 2006
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Taunton Deane (District)
To be known as: Milverton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes, E.F. | 1988 | Sewing Thimbles | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9 | 3 |
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