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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SOM-1F5BA2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Medieval copper alloy thimble with sloping sides, a steeply domed top and a slight carination between side and top. The base of the thimble is squashed inwards. The lower parts of the sides are covered with vertical rows of circular pits and the upper part and top are covered in a continuous spiral of circular pits around a plain central tonsure and a circular hole at the apex. There is a plain band at the rim with a double indented line separating it form the main field and the pits. The squashed rim has one notch leading to a tear which may be original and an original fold. There is no evidence of a makers mark. The thimble is now 15.6mm tall, 24.7mm by 9.9mm at the base, 1.1mm thick and weighs 3.78 grams.
It is similar to Holmes (1988) p. 1 Fig 1b which is dated 1350-1450 AD and an example from Southwark (Egan 2005: 131-2, ) no.621, a stamped thimble with a smaller tonsure from a context dated 1530-1550 AD. The folds at the rim on this example suggest it is was also made by stamping.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Circa AD 1450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.7 mm
Height: 15.6 mm
Width: 9.9 mm
Thickness: 1.1 mm
Weight: 3.78 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 16593
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Near Wincanton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egan, G. | 2005 | Material Culture in London in an Age Of Transition: Tudor and Stuart period finds c.1450 - c.1700 from excavations at riverside sites in Southwark | London | Museum of London Archaeology Service | |||
| Holmes, E.F. | 1988 | Sewing Thimbles | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9 |
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