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Description: | Late Medieval/ Early Post Medieval copper alloy domed thimble, standing 18.3mm high with a diameter of 20.3mm at the open end (narrowing to 15.3mm diameter at the closed end). The walls are c.1.5mm thick and weighs 9.6g.
The tiny stamped circular holes cover the body of the thimble in a spiral, ending at the closed end around a bare spot or tonsure, which is ratehr flattened and c.7mm in diameter.
Holmes dates such thimbles from 1400-1550 (Holmes E.F., 1991, "Sewing Thimbles", Finds Research Group 700 - 1700 Datasheet 9, p. 3). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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