Record ID: SOM-C1A0D5
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 triangular pits arranged in three to four rows around the sides. There is no evidence of a makers mark but it is badly corroded. It is 21.9mm by 19.3mm at the base and 11.2mm high; it weighs 5.13 grams. The splayed sides allow an easier fit on the finger and is also chronologically diagnostic to the late medieval or early post-medieval periods (Holmes 1988: 3). It is similar to Holmes (ib…
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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Record ID: SOM-D30122
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval sheet copper-alloy domed thimble with sloping sides, now squashed. There are multiple circular drilled or punched pits in slightly irregular concentric circles on the sides and top. Just above the base, below the pits, is an incised line. The thimble is 25.15mm long and 17.2mm wide in its squashed state; it weighs 5.15g, but this weight included mud. The thimble is probably late medieval in date (AD 1400-1500). It was probably used for light duty sewing (Egan 1998, 265).
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
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Record ID: SOM-EB0FE6
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy domed thimble, probably of medieval date with angled sides and a domed top with a distinct carination between the sides and top. The thimble has small circular indentations arranged in slightly irregular lines down the sides and in a spiral around the top. There is a bare tonsure at the centre of the top. The sides are squashed in at the base and it is now 23.9mm long and 15.8mm wide; it is 17.6mm in height and weighs 8.31g.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2013
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Record ID: SOM-511921
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and now incomplete copper-alloy domed thimble, probably of medieval date with angled sides; the top has been lost as a result of old damage and the sides squashed. The thimble has rectangular pits arranged in a spiral around the sides. The sides are squashed in and it is now 24.1mm long and 7.8mm wide; it is 17.7mm in height and weighs 5.44g.
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2013
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2013
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Record ID: SOM-4D5C05
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 pits arranged in a regular spiral around the top, continuing in a spiral down the sides, neatly aligned in columns on one side. There is a broad plain band around the base marked by an incised line near the base. The thimble is squashed at the base with some abrasion. There is cracking to about half of the edge of the top. The thimble has corroded to a red-brown colour, largely covered with variable green corrosion product. There is no evidence of foldin…
Created on: Friday 8th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.