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Record ID: PAS-E1F563
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble, circular indentations over the body and top, two birds framing a cartouche designed for owner's initials. Worn and squashed. The best comparison is a thimble dating to the early 18th C from the collection of Edwin Holmes (Sotheby's South Kensington, London 31 May 1995, lot 61). It is probable that this thimble post-dates 1706 and it and therefore it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snape', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-792B78
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATOR'S REPORT Post-medieval silver thimble from Brailes, Warwickshire Description of find Silver thimble made from sheet soldered along the edges, elongated shape. The body and most of the dome punched with regular waffle-shaped indentations to suggest working on a lathe; lathe centring mark at top of the dome. Stepped design in broad bands left in reserve on the body. Plain rim, engraved with inscription in Roman capitals: LOOSE NO TIME. Maker's mark of an L clear on inside. Discussion The mis-spelt inscription may imply that the thimble was made in Holland for the Engli…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brailes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WAW-F35322
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Potential Treasure find: Silver Thimble (2005 T553) The thimble is very hard to date, given that it is squashed out of shape, form being the most useful indicator of date. It might consequently be medieval or alternatively (and in my view more likely) 18th century. I therefore suggest that it should be regarded as undiagnostic and removed from the Treasure process. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections The British Museum
Created on: Friday 12th October 2007
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brailes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-D63426
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble made from thin sheet, punched decoration on most of the upper surface except for plain band with maker's mark, now illegible.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stroud', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D37677
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver thimble with waffle-shaped indentations but with pattern of linked cables left plain; plain band at part of the rim and plain disc at central point of dome. The thimble is in excellent condition, apart from one scratch running around it just below the dome. Given the regularity and depth of the indentations, the thimble may have been made on a lathe rather than punched by hand. Unmarked. Length approx 2.9 cm. Silver thimbles were used increasingly by the European nobility and gentry during the 17th Century but surviving examples are rare given that thimbles were much used and…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-2F38F7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crushed and damaged silver thimble, of tailor's type (ie. open ended). Punched decoration on the field with interlace design left plain. Inscription along lower edge in Latin in Roman capitals, [...]IBI+FIDES+VBI+AMO[R]. Measures 20.6mm high by 0.4mm thick and weighs 5.31g. 17th century date.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pirton', grid reference and parish protected.