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Description: | An incomplete stamped/ hammered copper alloy thimble, dating to the 14th/ 15th century AD (length: 16.7mm; diameter at base: 19mm; thickness: 0.7mm; weight: 2.51g). Originally a probable domed beehive light duty thimble, the top of this artefact is now missing with a broken and uneven diameter of 15.3mm. The roughly punched concentric lines of circular dots surrounding the outside of the thimble start just above a surrounding incised line above the base. The artefact is worn but in a fair condition with small areas of bronze disease on the outside surface. In Holmes?? article ??Sewing Thimbles??, Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9, page 1, it is stated that domed type thimbles are found in Britain in contexts from about AD 1350, although examples from the Continent date from the 13th century, but it is possible that leather guards were used in preference to metal ones before this time. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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