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Description: | A medieval/early post-medieval copper-alloy thimble of cast construction. The thimble is domed with flared sides and a rounded top. The drilled pits begin at the top and continue in a continuous spiral to the base in a fairly regular fashion. The thickness of this cast thimble might suggest that it was used for heavy duty work. Above the base is a bare hoop delineated by a crudely rendered border incision. The base has ?four small, equally spaced indentations which may derive from the lathe turning process or the action of drilling the pits (Egan 1998, 265). Similar early thimbles are often dated to the 15th or 16th centuries, cf. Holmes (1988, 1). The thimble is corroded with accretion all over and some iron staining. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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