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Description: | A cast copper-alloy late medieval/early post medieval heavy-duty domed thimble. The indentations are hand-drilled, roughly circular in shape and varying in size. They are closely set in a spiral pattern beginning at the rim and finishing near the crown where a small patch has been left bare. File marks can be seen on the base of the rim. Inside the thimble are three small oval patches of metal left from the casting process. The thimble is slightly tapered, measuring 21mm at the rim and 17mm at the shoulder. Examples of thimbles dated 1400-1550 can be found in Holmes (1988, 1). The spiral pattern of the indentations on this thimble and the fact that it is cast, suggest a late 15th/early 16th century date (see ibid. p2) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Mounsey, Sandy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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