Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
THIMBLE
Unique ID: SUR-1C20E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy sewing ring with four tiers of punched squares in a right-hand spiral. There is a maker's mark on the rim which comprises a cross within a circle.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1550
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 11.04 mm
Weight: 3.23 g
Diameter: 17.62 mm
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 10.638
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Woking (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ0055
Four figure Latitude: 51.28537
Four figure longitude: -0.567461
1:25K map: TQ0055
1:10K map: TQ05NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
Similar objects
Find number: SUR-1C2E51
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A cast copper alloy sewing ring with four tiers of punched squares in a right-hand spiral. The spiral starts with a maker's mark on the rim w…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SF-B82E37
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A copper-alloy sewing ring most likely to be of 16th-17th century date, measuring 19.31mm in rim diameter and 10.50mm in height. It has small…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: BH-97327D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A copper-alloy open-top thimble, or sewing ring, of Late Medieval to post-Medieval date.
The diameter of the thimble gradually decreases t…
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