Rights Holder: Somerset County Council
CC License: 
Image use policy
Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).
THIMBLE
Unique ID: SOM-9AACB9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Late Medieval - Post Medieval copper alloy thimble with unusually thick walls, sloping sides, a steeply domed top and a slight carination between side and top. The lower parts of the sides are covered with vertical rows of circular pits and the upper part and top are covered in a continuos spiral of circular pits. There is no plain tonsure. There is a plain band at the rim with traces of an indented line separating it form the main field and the pits. Part of the rim is corroded so it is not clear if it was originally notched but the remaining half is plain. The thimble is 18mm tall, 20mm in diameter at the base, 2.0mm thick and weighs 8.36 grams.
It is similar to Holmes (1988: 1) Fig 2b and c, both cast, which are dated 1400-1550 AD and identified as heavy duty thimbles and to examples from Southwark (Egan 2005: 131-2, ) especially no.621, a cast example found in a context dated 1530-1550 AD.
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 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 18 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 8.36 g
Diameter: 20 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd September 2017 - Saturday 2nd September 2017
Personal details
This information is restricted for your access level.
Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt 019280
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Aller CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
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 |
Similar objects
Find number: SOM-E042A7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Late Medieval - Post Medieval copper alloy thimble with sloping sides, a steeply domed top and a slight carination between side and top. The …
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SOM-1F5BA2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Medieval copper alloy thimble with sloping sides, a steeply domed top and a slight carination between side and top. The base of the thimble i…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Find number: SOM-F3AD2B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
Medieval - early Post Medieval copper alloy robust thimble with sloping sides and domed top. The top and sides are covered in a continuous sp…
Workflow: Awaiting validation
Timeline of associated dates
About Us
About our Site
Find us
The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG.
T: +44(0) 20 73238618