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THIMBLE
Unique ID: OXON-413F44
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete medieval to early post-medieval copper alloy closed thimble, dating from c. AD 1400 - 1550. The thimble is beehive shaped with a domed, 'tonsure' top (Holmes 1988; 3) and flaring sides. There is a small notch on the lower edge, probably from construction. The circular pits are hand-drilled and arranged in vertical lines (becoming more angled and even diagonal in places) around the walls. Around the domed end of the thimble the drilled pits are in an apparent spiral; the very centre is undecorated (the 'tonsure') with a single pit in the very peak. See Holmes Sewing Thimbles FRG Datasheet 9.
Class: Beehive
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 13.7 mm
Thickness: 1.4 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 17.2 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2019.187
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Near Bicester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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