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Record ID: NLM-EDEF86
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Thimble fragment. Top of a domed pressed metal thimble with indentations in a rectilinear grid pattern. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: 14.7mm, Thickness: 0.8mm, Weight: 0.77gms.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: CAM-CB52D8
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A white metal thimble of modern date, post 1712. The thimble has been squashed in half and is covered with evenly spaced and sized pimples over the sides and top with a plain border at the rim of 2.89mm height. The top of the squashed thimble is now oval in shape and measures 12.90mm x 9.50mm. The base of the now oval thimble measures 22.70mm x 6.37mm. The plain rim has a thickness of 1.03mm and has been punch with five symbols. These symbols are difficult to read as they still have some mud embedded how ever they seem to show, from left to right, possibly a rectangle containing proba…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Cambridgeshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1394C6
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble fragment. Pressed metal conical thimble with foot ring, fine indentations around its body and slightly larger indentations on its domed top. Now torn; about one third is lost. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: circa 16mm, Height: 16.4mm, Thickness (wall): 1mm, Weight: 2.63gms.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FEE650
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Thimble. Conical pressed metal thimble with foot ring, closely spaced indentations on its sides, and larger indentations in a rectilinear lattice pattern on its top. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Height: 20.3mm, Diameter: 20mm, Thickness (at footring): 1.4mm, Weight: 5.33gms.
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-AB16D4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble. Conical thimble with a plain basal zone bordered by a slight foot ring and an upper circumferential rib, and otherwise covered with fine indentations. A brownish patina has accumulated over the object, obscuring some surface detail. Slightly squashed. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Diameter: circa 16mm, Height: 21.8mm, Thickness: 1.3mm, Weight: 3.91gms.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-A9BDA2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Cast open topped thimble or sewing ring with a broad plain foot ring, a plain zone above divided by a circumferential ridge, and about 13 rows of closely spaced punched indentations. It is uncertain whether this was made as an open thimble or whether it was domed and has lost its top. Now squashed flat, damage which may have detached a top part if one was originally present. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1900. Height: 20.7mm, Width: 23.5mm, Thickness (foot ring): 1.1mm, Weight (with some trapped soil): 3.60gms
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickenby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0281D1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble. Conical cast thimble with foot ring, a plain zone above it, and eight circumferential rows of punched indentations, probably executed from bottom to top; a possible inscribed guideline occurs between the sixth and seventh rows. The top is indented with a pointed square punch in six straight rows. Small, probably for a child, and in excellent condition. Suggested date: Modern, 1800-1850. Diameter: 13.2mm, Height: 12.8mm, Thickness (foot ring): 1.1mm, Weight: 2.24gms.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-97E4D3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble, probably for a child, with a prominent foot ring and indentations overall; those on the slightly domed top are arranged in concentric circles. Now crumpled. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: circa 14mm, Height: 14.5mm, Thickness (at foot ring): 1.2mm, Weight: 1.59gms.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-97D863
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble; the lower part of the wall is unadorned; closely spaced indentations cover its upper extent; it is uncertain whether these carried on to the markedly domed top. Bottom edge frayed. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Diameter: circa 19mm, Height: 24.3mm, Thickness: 0.7mm, Weight: 4.73gms.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-9663E5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Yellow metal, very light, thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble with, from the base, a foot ring, a bordered field of possibly vegetal ornament on a ground of finely-spaced horizontal or circumferential lines, with closely spaced indentations above. The material suggests a recent date. Suggested date: Modern, 1900-1960. Diameter: 18.7mm, height: 23.5mm, Thickness (at foot ring): 0.9mm, Weight: 2.74gms.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-6EA3B6
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy thimble. The thimble has a height of 21.68mm, weighs 3.86g and has a diameter at the base of 18.49mm, tapering to 12.43mm diameter at the top, before the start of the domed top. The sheet metal of the thimble is 0.63mm thick. The lower 2.40mm is undecorated, followed by a line of tiny punched dots. This pattern repeats with a total of four lines of tiny punched dots and five plain bands. From 11.90mm up from the base to the top of the thimble is covered in regularly sized and spaced circular pits. The domed top is worn resulting in none of the original surface sur…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.