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THIMBLE
Unique ID: SUR-690412
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy dome thimble, 13.7mm in length, with round indentations which run in a spiral around the sides. There is an undecorated tonsure 7.3mm wide, which has a small pierced hole in the centre. There is a simple moulded linear border around the open end. The thimble is crushed and distorted.
Notes:
The thimble is probably medieval in date (AD 1330 - 1400) due to it being short, the spiral decoration stopping at the tonsure and the pierced hole in the centre of the tonsure (Egan 1998, 265-266: Holmes 1988). The thimble is relatively light in weight and this indicates that it was used for light duty sewing (Egan 1998, 265). Similar to SOM-368592 and SOM-08C486.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1330
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.7 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 0.7 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd December 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Elmbridge (District)
Parish or ward: Cobham and Downside (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ1059
Four figure Latitude: 51.31948182
Four figure longitude: -0.42289303
1:25K map: TQ1059
1:10K map: TQ15NW
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. | 1998 | The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London) | London | The Stationery Office | |||
| Holmes, E.F. | 1988 | Sewing Thimbles | Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9 |
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