Record ID: IOW-49176B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy domed ('beehive') closed thimble (c. 1400-c. 1550). This thimble is circular in plan and the thick walls taper inwards from the base towards the crown. There is a plain rim and no manufacturing marks. The outer face has a line of evenly spaced sub-circular indentations/drilled pits which spiral in an anti-clockwise from the base to the top including the crown. The outer face of this thimble is reddish brown green copper-alloy corrosion products. The inside is smooth with corrosion products. Height: 21.0mm; diameter: 20.0mm; th…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-48E30D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead alloy pilgrim ampulla (c. 1250-c. 1500). The neck and suspension lugs are missing. The main body is circular in plan and there is a raised design on each face. One face has a double rose and the other side has initials: W B. The edge of the face with the rose is grooved and 'billeted'. This ampulla has a buff patina and the break is ragged. Height: 29.4mm; width: 32.0mm; thickness: 6.0mm. Weight: 17.32g. Brian Spencer, formerly Senior Keeper at the Museum of London, who made a life-time study of ampullae, has written: 'Ampullae or miniature p…
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Sunday 4th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.