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THIMBLE
Unique ID: NMGW-4B4EDF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
The reported object is a small closed thimble made of silver sheet, with the separate crown soldered to the main body. It is complete, although damaged with horizontal, concentric bands of uniformly executed annulets on the external surface and the same annulet pattern on the crown, set in lines. The rim is lipped with a single band of beading directly above. Near the base on one side is a small, plain, sub-rectangular panel or cartouche with the crudely engraved initials 'EW' in neat serif Roman capitals and a small makers mark bearing the initials WC within a shield. The thimble has split vertically along its original solder seam.
Height 16.8mm; diameter at top 12.4 x 13mm; thickness of rim 0.6mm; weight 4.57g.
Notes:
Many parallels for the thimble are recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme, typically dated to between the 16th and early 18th centuries. Examples such as a silver thimble from Southwell, Nottinghamshire (DENO-A7A437) and more recently, a gold example from Gwehelog, Monmouthshire (15.26) share common characteristics with the Llancarfan example, including an external annulet pattern, band of cabling and the cartouche for the thimble owners initials, usually added post-manufacture.
Reference
Rohde, A (2009) DENO-A7A437: A POST MEDIEVAL THIMBLE Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/249867
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Inscription:
EW
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2016TW19
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16.8 mm
Thickness: 0.6 mm
Weight: 4.57 g
Diameter: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2016TW19
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llancarfan (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0469
Four figure Latitude: 51.41186558
Four figure longitude: -3.38174861
1:25K map: ST0469
1:10K map: ST06NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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