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THIMBLE
Unique ID: WMID-20690B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy, Post Medieval thimble with tapering sides and a slightly domed, flat top. The top and sides are covered with a continuous right hand spiral of very small, circular indentations apart from a plain band at the lower rim, which is undecorated. The smaller size and tiny indentations may indicate the thimble was used for finer sewing work (Holmes, Sewing Thimbles, Finds Research Group Data Sheet 9). There is no evidence of a makers mark. The rim bears evidence of a slight notch and there are some small perforations on the upper rim. The thimble has been flattened at the base. The thimble is 13.72mm in length, 19.97mm in width at the base and weighs 1.7g.
A similar example can be found under reference SOM-BAD121 on the PAS database.
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 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 13.72 mm
Width: 19.97 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Coughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP0861
Four figure Latitude: 52.24712418
Four figure longitude: -1.88424462
1:25K map: SP0861
1:10K map: SP06SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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