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2012T410 Post Medieval Silver Thimble
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Stephanie Smith, 2012-06-01 15:46:27
Title
2012T410 Post Medieval Silver Thimble
Description
English: Description: A thimble made of sheet silver, dating to the 17th century AD. Badly damaged/ crushed and split down the length of the wall. The crown is missing. At the base of the thimble, creating a border around the circumference is a plain band, followed by a rope like decoration which borders both sides of a thick plain band. Within the band are the initials 'CT', which have been stippled/ punched out. The body of the thimble is decorated with regular circular indentations.

Dimensions: Length: 21.7 mm, Width: 23.35 mm, Thickness: 1 mm, Weight: 2.62 g

Discussion: This thimble can be compared to other thimbles found in Essex (2011 T797; PAS no. ESS-BABC91) and Surrey (2011 T391; PAS no. SUR-AF6834)
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 505519
Old ref: SUSS-63ACA3
Filename: 2012T410SilverThimble.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/383846
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/383846/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/505519
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Object location52° 05′ 58.56″ N, 0° 40′ 21.81″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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