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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SOM-EFD71A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Post Medieval copper alloy open thimble dating to the period cAD1500 - 1620. The thimble has sloping sides and a continuous right-hand spiral of square indentations running from the base to the top rim. At the end of the indentations there is a stamped maker's mark of a crown with three circular rings inside a domed recessed panel. An incised line runs round the lower rim of the thimble. It measures 10.74mm in height, 19.17mm in diameter at the top and 21.09mm at the base and weighs 4.84g.
Reference is made to this type of thimble in Holmes, FRG Datasheet 9, pg 3.
Class: ring
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1620
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 10.74 mm
Weight: 4.84 g
Diameter: 21.09 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2017 - Thursday 1st February 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019411
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Otterhampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
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 | 9 | 3 |
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