Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to interior of thimble: 'Lakenheath, Suffolk. 1898'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1898.207 A-B: 'A larger and a smaller bronze thimble.'
Event Date 1897
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Field collection)
Found 1898
Found with Saxon remains
Event Date 1898
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Bronze thimble, smaller than 1898.207 A.
Event Date 17/5/2021
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy, closed thimble with straight sides and domed crown. Subcircular indentations in spiral pattern running anticlockwise from centre of crown, forming horizontal lines around sides. Incised line around top of plain rim, which briefly crosses, so the line runs into two parallel lines for 5 mm on one side.
Event Date 10/4/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue

Context (Amendments / updates)
Period field previously recorded Roman or Anglo Saxon. The Portable Antiquities Scheme guidance on metal thimbles suggests they were not in use in Roman Europe. Roman has therefore been removed from the period field to reflect this.
Event Date 8/4/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue