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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SF-04EEA4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy open-topped thimble or sewing ring of probable later Medieval to Post-Medieval date. It has an undecorated and slightly thickened rim above which are three rows of unevenly spaced circular punched indentations. These terminate with a slightly thickened and undecorated top edge of the thimble. It measures 7.90mm in height, 20.01mm in external diameter at the base, 18.09mm in external diameter at top, 1.88mm in thickness, and weighs 5.65g. The use of a thimble with an open top suggests a date range in the 15th to 16th centuries AD (see Holmes, 1988).
Sub class: Sewing ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 7.9 mm
Thickness: 1.88 mm
Weight: 5.65 g
Diameter: 20.01 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Great Barton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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