2024-03-28T10:10:33+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/21015/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/21015/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/21015/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/21015/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/21015/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/21015/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/2101521015SF62730013EA1612501268THIMBLEring145.341911POST MEDIEVAL15001600Probable sewing ring made from a sheet of copper alloy bent round and originally with a soldered seam. The rim is unthickened but has a bold groove around it which gives the impression of an out-turned edge. Above this is a zone of indentations; five rows of circular depressions set in diagonal rows, which appear to have been made in one operation (perhaps using a rouletting wheel) rather than individually. Above this is a single row of smaller indentations, then a faint groove. The soldered seam has burst open but traces of the silvery solder can be seen. Although the top begins to curve inwards, there is no evidence that a cap was added to turn the ring into a thimble proper. Probably 16th century.
Included in Read 2018 as no. 53. Read notes that 16th-century thimbles with soldered seams are unusual (2018, 12 and 16-17).2001-07-05 00:00:002019-05-21 14:04:06311992-01-012001-01-01Certain11231136360013EA161250126874SFCopper alloy10627CompletePOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxPOST MEDIEVALPMx41047p0gjgrs6sgxMetal detectorCircaCirca1973815934155161550841425Restricted AccessTM2254TM25SWSUFFOLK CLOPTON3114861003774sf6273.jpg52707sf6273.jpgThe Portable Antiquities Scheme5images/hgeake/EasternCharacter undeterminedCultivated landEuropean RegionCountySuffolkDistrictSuffolk CoastalCivil Parish52.14431.24987Restricted Access96975