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Description: | A complete copper alloy thimble of Medieval date. It has straight sides, a curved shoulder and a rounded top. The rim is slightly thickened and has a moulded circumferential groove. The circular indentations spiral upwards from just above the groove in an anti-clockwise direction to the top of the thimble. At the very top the thimble has a small square bare area that is outlined by incised straight lines and contains a few unevenly scattered circular indentations, perhaps intended to be arranged in the form of a cross. The thimble measures 16.96mm in height, 18.56mm in diameter at the rim, and weighs 5.25g.
This thimble is of Medieval date, with similar parallels suggesting a date in the 14th or 15th centuries AD (see Holmes, 1991: pp. 1-2; Egan, 1998: no. 831). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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