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Description: | A complete copper alloy sewing thimble of probable Post Medieval date (c. AD 1500 - c. AD 1700). Length 25.0mm maximum diameter at the base, 19.0mm and 0.3mm thick. Weight 5.08g.This tall thin walled thimble appears to have been hand made. The sides taper inwards from the bottom towards the slightly domed top. The base which has a present diameter of 19.0mm is damaged and squashed inwards. The top is corroded. The lower half, from the bottom, has a plain band/two circumferential lines of indentations/a plain zone/two circumferential lines of indentations/a plain zone. The sides of the upper half are covered with about sixteen evenly spaced circumferential circular indentations. Due to corrosion, it is not possible to determine whether the domed top was indented.The thimble, although complete, is mainly corroded and in poor condition. However, there are patches of a mid-green patina on the sides. For information on sewing thimbles, see: Holmes, E. F. 1998. Sewing Thimbles. Finds Research Group 700 - 1700. Data Sheet 9.
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