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Record ID: SF-4E20EB
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, probably a palm guard of Medieval or later date. It is oval in plan, dome-shaped and with a slightly convex back face. The object is undecorated but has a slight circular indentation at the centre of the back face. It measures 80.10mm in length, 57.55mm in width, 8.60mm in thickness, and weighs 216.47g. This object probably served as a simple palm guard used for leather working and similar activities. It is likely to be of Medieval or later date.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4E1231Z
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, probably a palm guard of Medieval or later date. It is semi-circular in plan, dome-shaped and with a slightly convex back face. The object is undecorated but has a projecting collar along one side and a circular indentation at the centre of the back face. One end has been folded backwards due to post-depositional damage. It measures 52.05mm in length (folded), 36.23mm in width, 7.89mm in thickness, and weighs 99.91g. This object probably served as a simple palm guard used for leather working and similar activities. It is likely to be of Medieval or later date.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 17th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-4CDE8E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy medieval or post-medieval beehive type thimble dating to the period c. AD 1400 - 1600. The thimble stands 15.19mm tall and weighs 4.54g. The thimble would have been domed, with slightly flared sides and a rounded top, however, it has been squashed out of shape during deposition and now has a concave top, with evidence of cracking aorund the top. The mouth of the thimble has also been stamped shut and the rim curled imwards. The drilled pits cover the entire surface of the thimble and follow a regular spiralling pattern around the body of the object.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 12th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-4C1398
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Badly squashed post-medieval copper alloy thimble with an engraved line around the base below a plain band, above which the sides and the top are covered in a continuous spiral of ovoid indentations. Height c.16mm. Diameter c.14mm. 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th November 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-4AB9D5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Beaten sheet metal domed thimble, probably made on a former and machined. The lower half of the wall is plain, framed by paired sets of circumferential grooves above and below, which are each followed by three bands of probably rouletted closely spaced vertical slashes. The upper half of the wall bears close-spaced rectangular or rhomboid pits ascending in diagonal lines for fourteen circumferential rows. The top is plain save for turning lines indicating finishing on a lathe. Spots of rusty staining on the wall and top are presumably from an adjacent object, as there …
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby with Fordington', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-48EEF3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Badly distorted medieval copper alloy domed thimble with folding at the base, an encircling engraved line below many vertical rows of tiny round indentations on the sides, concentric rings of the same on the dome around a plain area, and a central hole. Cf. Egan 1998, nos. 821-5. Height c.12mm. c.1330 - c.1400.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 28th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.