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THIMBLE
Unique ID: LIN-9871F8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete, copper-alloy, post-medieval thimble. Conical or domed small pressed metal thimble with a plain basal zone with foot ring, with the larger part of the wall covered by machine-stamped circular pits running longitudinally around the wall in lines. The top is occupied by similar indentations, stamped in a concentric pattern. Suggested date: post-medieval, 1850-1900
Diameter: 17.52 mm, Height: 19.29 mm, Thickness (wall): 0.97 mm, Weight: 5.33g
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1850
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 19.29 mm
Thickness: 0.97 mm
Weight: 5.33 g
Diameter: 17.52 mm
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