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THIMBLE
Unique ID: BH-80ECF6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy open-top thimble, or sewing ring, probably dating from the Late Medieval to early post-Medieval periods.
The diameter of the thimble gradually decreases towards the top. On the outer surface, there are four rows of rectangular indentations, bordered above and below by a plain band with horizontal groove.
Diameter: 23.3mm; height: 11.9mm. Weight: 7.32g.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1650
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 11.9 mm
Weight: 7.32 g
Diameter: 23.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/20 - 107
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: Ellesborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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