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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NMS-77068F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Partly squashed post-medieval copper alloy tailor's thimble or sewing ring with a band containing a single groove around the base, and a punched maker's stamp, a crown within a pentagonal impression, before the start of a spiral of round indentations covering the rest of the surface. A Nuremberg product. Diameter c.18.5mm. Height 16mm. c.1520 - c.1620.
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 1520
Date to: Circa AD 1620
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16 mm
Diameter: 18.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th March 2017 - Monday 10th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 33364
Other reference: KLMD042017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Stamped
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Hilborough (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8301
Four figure Latitude: 52.57602009
Four figure longitude: 0.69922054
1:25K map: TF8301
1:10K map: TF80SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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