Record ID: SOM-388714
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy thimble formed by soldering copper alloy sheet into a long, slightly tapering cylinder with a separate domed top. The top and a part of the side are missing due to an old, very irregular break and the side has split along the seam, it is squashed inwards slightly at the base. The soldered seam is visible around the top and on the side. The sides are decorated with an irregular hand incised grid of lines leaving a strap work pattern, of two lozenges alternating with two pointed ovals, in reserve. There is a plain ring at the base. It is now 18.8mm by 15.3mm a…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6763D6
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble with maker's mark dating 1520-1620. The thimble has sloping sides and a slightly domed top with a raised centre. The indentations are oval and have been hand stamped in a continuous spiral from the top to the rim with no bare tonsure. At the end of the indentations there is a stamped maker's mark It is not blear but is probably an angular S in a recessed panel. Below the indentations there is a single linear border just above the rim. It is 16.2mm in diameter at the base. 17.5mm tall, the walls are 0.9mm thick and it weighs 4.28 grams. H…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-456596
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble with maker's mark dating 1520-1620. The thimble has sloping sides and a slightly domed top. The indentations are oval and have been hand stamped in a continuous spiral from the top to the rim with no bare tonsure. A few are deep enough to have pierced through the metal or worn through with use. At the end of the indentations there is a stamped maker's mark. It is not clear but is possibly a capital R or quatrefoil in an oval recessed panel. Below the indentations there is a single linear border just above the rim. It is 21.4mm in diameter at the ba…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6384CC
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy domed thimble, probably of Post Medieval date with angled sides and a slightly domed top. The thimble has circular indentations (pits) arranged in a regular spiral across the top with no tonsure and similar indentations arranged in a spiral around the sides. The lower edge is slightly irregular and damaged but there is no incised line around it in the plain area below the spiral. It is very worn and corroded, obscuring any makers mark, although there may be one at the end of the spiral. The thimble measures 20.0mm in height and is 16.9mm in diameter at the base. The to…
Created on: Monday 28th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EC3725
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy domed thimble, probably of Post Medieval date with slightly angled sides and a domed top. The thimble has small circular indentations arranged in four concentric circles across the crown with no tonsure and deeper indendtations arranged in regular rows down the sides. Some are deep enough to have gone through the metal. There in in incised line at the base and below this the rim flares outward at an angle. The thimble is torn and squashed at the base. It measures 21.1mm in height. The base is now 15.3mm by 9.9mm. The sides are 0.5mm thick and the thimble weighs 3.03g. …
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1CCCE4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late Medieval or early Post Medieval date. The sides are splayed and the base is wider than the top. It is now squashed to an oval shape, base 27.8 by 11.6mm externally, top 24.4 by 10.3mm. The ring has fairly regularly spaced stamped oval pits arranged in four irregular rows around the sides, possibly in a spiral. There is no evidence of a makers mark but it is badly corroded. There are several indents around the base which appear to be damage although one nead a thinner end is more regular and may be a deliberate feature of manufact…
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Membury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9F3D21
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy domed thimble, probably of Post Medieval date with angled sides and a slightly domed top. The thimble has circular indentations (pits) arranged in a regular spiral across the top with no tonsure and similar indentations arranged in a spiral around the sides. There is a plain band around the base marked by an incised line and some plain areas between the rows of indentations on the top and sides. A dent down one side has creased the metal where the top meets the side at one point and an old and patinated hole has worn through the metal on the opposite side. There is no v…
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-641C71
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late Medieval or early Post Medieval date. The sides are splayed and the base is wider than the top. The ring has fairly regularly spaced stamped oval pits arranged in four rows around the sides. There is no evidence of a makers mark but it is badly corroded. It is 19.4mm by 17.2mm at the base and 1.6mm thick; it weighs 4.0 grams. The splayed sides allow an easier fit on the finger and is also chronologically diagnostic to the late Medieval or Post Medieval periods (Holmes 1988: 3). It is similar to Holmes (ibid) fig. 4 dated to c.1…
Created on: Friday 16th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-AFDABB
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dating to AD 1550 to 1620. The thimble is of very thin metal. The top is missing with an irregular break and there is a tear down the side. Around the base is a rouletted border; the border has top and bottom rows of short vertical indented lines between these is a band of rings each containing a fleur de lis and separated from the next by angular circles in the spandrels top and bottom. The rest of the sides of the thimble are decorated with closely spaced small circular indents arranged in a spiral. At the bottom of the spiral is a maker's mark b…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3B12B3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy domed thimble of Post Medieval date with angled sides and a slightly domed top. The thimble has circular indentations (pits) arranged in a regular right-hand spiral from the crown on the top with no tonsure and similar indentations arranged in a spiral around the sides, very worn at the upper part. The lower edge is slightly irregular and damaged but there is an incised line running parallel to and above it in the plain area below the spiral. The thimble is worn and corroded, so while there is no clear makers mark there may have been one. The thimble measures 22.2mm in …
Created on: Monday 9th January 2017
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ash Priors CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6A8014
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower part of a copper alloy thimble, probably of Post Medieval date with angled sides a straight base and break across the upper edge which has removed the domed top. The thimble has small circular indentations arranged in a regular spiral up the sides. The upper edge has broken along one of these rows of pits, presumably because they are a weaker point. The break is irregular but patinated. The thimble is now squashed in to an oval. It now measures 14.1mm in height. The base is now 25.4mm by 9.8mm and the top is 20.9mm by 9.4mm. The sides are 0.7mm thick and the thimble weighs 2.71g…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EC3FA3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy domed thimble, probably of Post Medieval date with angled sides and a highly domed top. There is a distinct carination between the sides and top and the top comes to a rounded point in the centre. The thimble is squashed and torn with c.25% missing to old breaks. The thimble has small circular indentations arranged in very regular lines around the upper part of the sides and in circles around the top. There is a bare tonsure in the centre of the top and a plain border at the top of the sides and a broader plain border at the bottom. An incised line runs around the oute…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2012
Last updated: Saturday 1st September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Musgrove', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-20D336
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy domed thimble, probably of Post Medieval date with angled sides and a slightly domed top. The thimble has small sub-rectangular indentations arranged in a regular spiral around the top with only a very small central tonsure. The sub-rectangular indentations continue in a spiral down the sides with a makers mark at the end of the spiral. This mark is now too worn to distinguish. There is a plain band around the base marked by an incised line. The thimble is slightly squashed at the base. It measures 19.9mm in height and has a rough base diameter of 21.7mm, The top diamet…
Created on: Monday 20th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Pertherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-22215E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  Post-medieval silver thimble formed of a tapering cylinder, squashed and incomplete, and a separate missing domed top. The sides have a plain band top and bottom, the lower band wider and with an inscription. The central part is decorated with regular rows of indented squares with a raised grid between them creating a 'waffle' pattern. Cutting across this pattern is a pair of lines formed of a plain line flanked by incised lines. The lines run along close to and parallel to the bottom and top crossing at two points in an X with slightly double curved lines of…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9464E2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2011 T458: Disclaimed Description: A silver thimble. The thimble has fairly straight sides, a slight domed top and a distinct carination between the sides and top. The sides are decorated with three incised lines above the rim, creating two narrow bands around the base with a wider band in between. There is a circular hole at one point within this wider band, 1.5mm in diameter. Above the third line, the thimble is decorated with regular, square indentations arranged in slightly irregular lines up the sides to the beginning of the dome, the top row is incomplete. Simila…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hardington Mandeville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2CA4DE
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2016 T1059: Disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A silver domed thimble of two-piece construction. The thimble has a crack down one side where the two ends of the strip of silver that forms the lower, ring shaped section, were connected. There is also a circular hole near the rim at the back, presumably to allow it to be suspended. The top and sides are decorated with regularly spaced small circular indents arranged in rows on the sides and a grid on the top. There are plain areas where the top and sides meet and down the join on the side. At the rim is a pla…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henstridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E80FD1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A sheet silver thimble made in two pieces, dating from the c. late 17th-early 18th century AD. The thimble has a high domed top and originally slightly sloping sides, now squashed in places. The top was made separately from the body and they were soldered together, this solder has now cracked, and they were detached when found. There is also a partially cracked seam running down the body which again has been mended by the finder, who was unaware of the thimbles age. The upper part of the body and top are covered in abutting slightly irregular rows of raised rings sepa…
Created on: Monday 10th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Minehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F91FCB
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T814: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: A sheet silver thimble made in two pieces, dating from the c. late 17th-early 18th century AD. The thimble has a high domed top and originally slightly sloping sides, now squashed in places. The top was made separately from the body and they were soldered together, this solder has now cracked and they are only partly attached together. There is also a partially cracked seam running down the body. There is a circular hole punched form the inside near the base and vertical seam. The body and top are covered in a…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winsham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-62A2F8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2012 T134, disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: Silver thimble, split down the side and at several points around the rim and bent open with the top missing. The outer side is covered in multiple rows of small, closely spaced indented sub-square pits a part from a band by the base. This design is known as waffle-shaped and may indicate it was made on a lathe. On the band are incised two horizontal lines with a motto between them: BE YT + AS x GOD . WYLS cx, in Roman capitals. The last symbol is broken across the split but appears to be an alpha or cx. An addit…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F97398
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T832: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: Post Medieval silver thimble formed of a domed top soldered onto a slightly tapering cylinder. The top is decorated with two recessed rings encircling an unrecessed crown enclosed by a recessed outer border with raised foliate decoration. The sides have a plain band top and bottom. The central part is decorated with regular rows of indented squares with a raised grid between them creating a 'waffle' pattern. Cutting across this pattern is a broad continuous zig-zag line running around the middle of the thimble. …
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heathayes', grid reference and parish protected.