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Description: | The object is an incomplete copper alloy thimble of Medieval date or 14th ?? 15th century. As an example, Ottaway and Rogers (Ottaway P. and Rogers N. 2002.Craft, Industry and Everday Life: Finds from Medieval York. CBA: p.2740) illustrates a copper alloy thimble from York (see fig.14185) which is almost exact in shape and decoration to the recorded object.
In profile the thimble has straight sides which taper inwards slightly to a pointed apex. In plan the rim of the object is sub-circular. Parts of the rim are missing (not recent breaks) and show signs of active copper corrosion. The rim of the object is decorated with two horizontal grooves. The sides are decorated with small indentations laid out in roughly vertical rows. The top of the thimble is partially decorated by five concentric rings of indentations. The rings of indentations begin approximately where the thimble sides and top meet and finish approximately 4.3mm from the apex leaving the centre of the top bare except for a single pierced hole. The regularity in the shape of the object and the thickness in the walls, suggest that the recorded object was possibly cast. As Holmes points out, however, cast thimbles are very difficult to tell apart from stamped examples (Holmes E. F. 1991. Sewing Thimbles. Finds research group 700-1700: Datasheet 9; p.1). It is therefore difficult to say for certain how the object was made.
The object has a dark brown green patina and is particularly worn around the rim, otherwise the object is in fairly good condition. The length of the object is 17.3mm, the diameter is 19.3mm and the thickness is 1.3mm. The weight is 4.11g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Housley, Sarah - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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