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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SOM-641C71
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late Medieval or early Post Medieval date. The sides are splayed and the base is wider than the top. The ring has fairly regularly spaced stamped oval pits arranged in four rows around the sides. There is no evidence of a makers mark but it is badly corroded. It is 19.4mm by 17.2mm at the base and 1.6mm thick; it weighs 4.0 grams.
The splayed sides allow an easier fit on the finger and is also chronologically diagnostic to the late Medieval or Post Medieval periods (Holmes 1988: 3). It is similar to Holmes (ibid) fig. 4 dated to c.1450-1550 AD.
Notes:
This record was created at a rally and may therefore fall below our usual standards of identification or photography.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.4 mm
Width: 17.15 mm
Thickness: 1.58 mm
Weight: 4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 25th September 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Spaxton 2011 - Stogursey, WHRADA, 25-09-2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Rally Reference 601
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: West Somerset (District)
Parish or ward: Stogursey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST2142
Four figure Latitude: 51.171762
Four figure longitude: -3.131384
1:25K map: ST2142
1:10K map: ST24SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 2 | 4 |
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