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Description: | A slightly incomplete sheet copper alloy domed or 'beehive' thimble, dating to the Medieval period, between c. 1350 - 1500 (length: 17mm; diameter at base: 17mm; thickness of metal: 1mm; weight: 3.0g).There is a slightly corroded, irregular and undecorated border running around the complete circumference at the base of the thimble (length of border: 2.5mm), above which are nine rows of irregularly punched circular indentations circling around the slanted circumference on to the slightly conical tip at the top of the artefact. There is no decoration on the inside of the thimble. Overall, the thimble is in a worn and corroded condition with none of the original patina remaining.Similar examples are illustrated in E. F. Holmes' 'Sewing Thimbles', Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9. It is suggested by Holmes that domed shaped thimbles are found in Britain in contexts from about AD 1350, which is later than on the Continent where thimbles are known to have been made during the 13th century. It is possible that leather guards were used in preference to metal ones before this date.
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