Record ID: NLM-3813A2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver possible thimble fragment. Cast concavo-convex heart-shaped object with a flat rimmed base which appears as a foot ring, with a tiny lug or dot on the basal rim at the cleft of the heart. It is difficult to see how this might have been securely attached to a finger-sized sleeve to function as a thimble cap, but the convex surface is entirely occupied by crowded pits of diameter 1.6mm, possibly stamped or drilled in horizontal rows. The material and possible age prompt the submission of this object to the Treasure process, ref 2023 T0025. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1600-1700 …
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C48FCE
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Pressed metal conical or domed thimble with a broad basal zone which is occupied by three linked arches and a plain zone of similar extent; the arches are defined by probably rouletted lines, with a brick-work pattern of squares below them rendered in single rouletted lines and a pattern of rhomboids above the arches defined by doubled rouletted lines. The upper part – less than half – of the wall bears round machine-stamped pits which appear as if aligned in diagonal rows. The top is now smooth though with faint traces of a radial arrangement of trapezoid compartm…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-AD885D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Cast domed or conical thimble with a narrow plain basal zone, a band of florets or flowers framed by broad circumferential grooves above and below, and with a rectilinear grid or lattice of rectangular pits occupying the upper half of the wall. The top bears five concentric rings of rhomboid pits, these appearing as versions of those on the wall but distorted by their setting, round a central pit. Five stamped marks in the plain basal zone are: the numeral 5 in a curved shield, the letters G.H in a rectangular frame, a possible bust right in an octagonal frame, three sm…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osgodby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6DD826
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Conical or domed thimble with a thickened foot ring and a narrow plain basal zone bearing circumferential grooves. The rest of the wall is occupied by small round machine-stamped pits which appear as if ascending the wall in diagonal lines. The top bears concentric rings of similar pits. Squashed flat, with cap partly detached in the process. Post-Medieval, 1750-1850. Height: 26.2mm, Width: 24.1mm, Thickness (wall at foot ring): 0.8mm, Weight: 2.85g.
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E9334C
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble fragments. About one third of the wall and the domed top from a thimble. The lower wall includes a bordered plain zone bearing lettering: IN[?C] appears in a curvilinear script while other marks may include a cross and the letter H, though so crude in its angular style as to be deemed a graffito. Above this zone, the wall is occupied by stamped circular pits, interrupted by a round panel bearing the motif of a heart pierced by two arrows, points downward, with three pellets to either side, two pellets below and one above. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750 He…
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3DA656
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Cast cylindrical sewing ring or open-topped thimble. A repeating decorative scheme comprises four larger triangles infilled with stamped pits ascending the wall in vertical rows, linked at their tops by arcs of single pits, with a smaller triangle of stamped pits set centrally within the four fields thus defined. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1620-1700. In view of its material and suspected age, this object is to be subjected to the Treasure process, ref. 2021 T528. Diameter: 17.3mm, Height: 15.7mm, Thickness (wall): 0.8mm, Weight: 4.44gms
Created on: Wednesday 11th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-051005
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble fragment. Part of the wall and top of a conical thimble with finely machine-stamped pits on its wall, and with five rings of concentric pits on top. Flattened and squashed into a lump c.3mm thick. This is another example of the prodigal distribution of silver scrap amongst rubbish of probably Victorian date, without apparent regard for the intrinsic value of the material. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Length: 16.5mm, Thickness (wall, on top): 0.3mm, Weight: 1.14gms
Created on: Friday 11th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lound', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C9208D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble with a plain narrow foot ring and its wall above this covered by finely machine-stamped indentations. The top bears six or seven concentric rings of apparently smaller pits. Crumpled. The discarding of items or scrap of silver without apparent regard for the intrinsic value of the material appears a distinctively 19th-century, possibly Victorian, behaviour. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900 Diameter (as found): c.19mm, Height: 18mm, Thickness (foot ring): 0.7mm, Weight: 1.73gms
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withernwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B394D1
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. A conical or domed thimble, probably machine made, with an expanded foot ring and a narrower plain basal zone above it. The rest of the wall is occupied by probably machine stamped circular pits which appear as if ascending the wall in diagonal rows. The top bears a concentric arrangement of six rings of pits, each separated from its neighbour by a circumferential ridge, with a central group of five juxtaposed pits around a reserved pellet. The latter might relate to finishing on a lathe; there is a corresponding dimple within. The object is lightly dented, but appears…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F40B8D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. A domed or conical pressed metal thimble with a separate foot ring soldered to a plain basal zone. This also accommodates a stamped maker's mark and hallmarks in rectangular panels with cut corners as follow: J.F/lion walking left/possibly Gothic letter ?N/anchor on its side. These indicate the Birmingham Assay Office, and a probable date of either 1862 or 1912 if the letter is correctly identified. Most of the wall is occupied by finely machine stamped circular pits which appear as if ascending the wall from left to right. The top bears similar pits in concentric ri…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EA233D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver and copper alloy thimble. A conical domed thimble with silver (or silver-plated, as kindly suggested by the finder nd perhaps confirmed by magnified viewing) walls and a separate copper alloy top. The wall has a foot ring comprising paired incised lines with a gutter between them, which is repeated half way up the wall with the intervening zone left empty. Above this, finely machine stamped hexagonal pits appear as if rising in rows from left to right. Two horizontal rows of pits are carried over from the silver wall to the copper alloy cap of the thimble which - now - is other…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-421EB3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble fragment. Part of the wall of a thimble made from sheet metal with a plain basal zone, above which the lower part of its wall is occupied by a series of vegetal curlicues and loops against a stippled ground, all framed by linear borders. The upper part of the wall bears machine stamped circular pits of diameter 0.7mm which appear as if rising in diagonal rows from right to left. The thin sheet metal used is typical of Victorian silver objects which, despite the intrinsic value of the material, are fairly common field finds, and which must therefore have been frequently…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-08382E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble. A foot ring has a narrow plain zone above it, with a series of ogival panels above that, each containing a vegetal spray. The upper half of the wall is occupied by finely machine stamped pits which appear as if arranged in diagonal rows. These are interrupted only by a small heater-shield-shaped panel midway up. They continue to the side of a rim around a plain flat top. Lightly squashed. The mass of precious metal used might suggest this thimble was made with respect to the continental metric standard promulgated under Napoleon from c.18…
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cawthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DABDF2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Conical domed thimble. The lower half of the wall is occupied by four plain grooves between finely billeted bands standing proud. The upper part bears a machine stamped pattern of closely spaced circular pits. These give out at the top which is now smooth, probably as an original feature, and now lightly dented. The finder kindly cites UKDFD no. 46096 in suggesting a post-medieval date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1775-1825. Diameter: 13.6mm, Height: 19.5mm, Thickness (wall): 0.3mm, Weight: 1.93gms.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-869215
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Pressed metal domed thimble with a basal pair or lines of rouletted dots, the lower half of its wall plain and a narrow band of vertical rouletted slashes above it, and the upper half occupied by circular machine stamped pits in diagonal rows ascending left to right. The domed top is smooth. Lightly squashed with a frayed lower edge. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1850. Height: 17.2mm, Width (as found): 19.1mm, Thickness (wall): 0.3mm, Weight: 1.32gms.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laughton', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

Record ID: NLM-CE1E47
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble with a folded foot ring, a plain zone above it occupying a little more than the lower third of the wall and decorated with several lines of indented swags and crescentic stamps, and with finely machine stamped round pits ascending diagonally left to right on the remainder of the wall. The domed top bears about six concentric rings of smaller pits. Lightly squashed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1875. Height: 23.1mm, Diameter: c.18mm, Thickness (wall at foot ring): 0.6mm, Weight: 2.51gms
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0AF33B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Conical thimble of beaten sheet metal; the object now lacks a top though the sharp edge to what remains suggest it may have been separately made and only recently detached. A double foot ring is formed by paired and finely rouletted lines, and a further pair of similarly spaced lines appears about half way up the wall. Between these borders, fine but intermittent stamps make up a curvilinear motif, possibly a running guilloche. The upper wall is occupied by about sixteen rows of probably machine stamped circular pits. There is the appearance of opposed vertical seams o…
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hibaldstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-878B06
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble fragment. Probably machined thimble with a foot ring with a plain zone above and closely spaced oval pits in diagonal lines ascending leftwards, probably occupying two thirds of the wall. A set of worn hallmarks in the plain zone includes an anchor denoting the Birmingham assay office but the year stamp is illegible. The top of the thimble is lost and its upper walls are raggedly torn and perforated in one place. Now squashed. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1850-1900. Width: 23.0mm, Height: 20.7mm, Thickness (wall): 0.4mm, Weight: 2.46gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-1EFF92
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Sheet metal domed thimble beaten over a former. The lower wall bore a ground of closely spaced diagonal ridges, with a circumferential groove half way up the wall. Over this were soldered leaves and flowers, in an originally continuous band. The upper wall is occupied by fine machine stamped pits, which continue on a spiral arrangement on the domed top. Now crumpled. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1825-1875. Height: 22.6mm, Diameter (estimated): 18mm, Thickness (wall, clear of additional decoration): 0.6mm, Weight: 3.41gms.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-0E44B5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver and copper alloy thimble. Sheet metal thimble, probably made by hammering over a former, of conical form with a copper alloy top soldered onto the top. Decoration of the lower half of the wall comprises a series of leaves framed by and springing from tendrils of zig zag rockered work, all within paired band borders of finely punched or rouletted dots. The veins of the leaves are rendered by hand-punched slashes, with supplementary shading of finely spaced diagonal lines of smaller dots. The series is interrupted by a framed initial letter hand-inscribed in flowing calligraphic …
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-AA6B54
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble fragment. Cast concavo-convex top from a thimble made of separate top and sides (cf. no. 110). There are six or seven concentric rings of possibly individually stamped indentations. Slightly flattened and heavily worn. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1800-1900. Diameter: 12.0mm, Thickness: 0.30mm, Weight: 0.20gms.
Created on: Monday 8th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-57CE55
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Thimble. Conical thimble of domed form, probably pressed from sheet metal, with a broad milled foot ring flanked by further incised circumferential bands. Only the top appears to bear closely-spaced punched indentations. Now flattened. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1750-1850. Height (as found): 24.5mm, Width: 25.7mm, Wall Thickness: 0.4mm, Weight: 2.91gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2013
No spatial data available.

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-A60A47
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thimble. Pressed metal conical thimble with rounded top. A scalloped base bears very fine indentations and a vegetal scroll is applied to thiszone. Above it a plain field bears further rouletted scrolls, probably again of a floral or vegetal design. Above this the upper half of the thimble bears closely spaced indentations, which continue onto the top in concentric rings. The sides of the thimble are dented, and about seven perforations carry through its upper indented sides. Suggested date: Modern, 1850-1900. Height: 25mm, Diameter: circa 17mm, Thickness (clear of applied…
Created on: Friday 28th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goxhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-DFAE26
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Thimble or Sewing Ring. Cast conical open topped thimble. A foot-ring is formed by two circumferential rouletted bands. Above this, lentoid and swirling zones formed of round and oval punch marks leave an unbordered plain reserve as an undulating line, and a pelta-shaped plaque bordered by punchmarks. A double indented line above this feature separates lower decoration from further punched and plain areas where the scheme is here obscured by wear and damage. The finder reports his attempts at restoration and reshaping have left the object fragile. The object is (now?) unusual…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hibaldstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-079974
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver. Thimble with closely-spaced, probably machine-stamped, indentations, in concentric rings at top. A lower collared border is decorated by intersecting arcs of finely incised zig-zags, and bears hallmark parallel to basal collar. Flattened, and split between border and indented surface. Suggested date: Modern. Height: 20.13mm, Width:23.32mm. Weight: 2.32 gms.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tetney', grid reference and parish protected.