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Description: | A slightly incomplete cast copper alloy 'ring' thimble, dating to the 15th/ 16th century, between AD 1400 - 1600 (length: 14mm; diameter at base: 22.5mm; thickness of metal: 0.5mm; weight: 5.8g).This circular or 'ring' thimble is slightly incomplete along the top edge and has five irregular rows of sub-triangular punches around its circumference. These marks slightly differ in size with the largest stamps occurring in the rows immediately above the artefact's base, where the thimble also slants outwards to form a larger diameter in comparison to the top (diameter at top: 19.5mm). There is an incomplete and undecorated border running around the circumference at the base of the thimble. There is no decoration on the inside of the thimble and, overall, the thimble is in a worn and corroded condition with very little of the original patina remaining.A similar example is illustrated in Holmes, E, F, 1991, 'Sewing Thimbles' Datasheet 9 Finds Research Group, page 2, fig 4c, which is dated to the 15th century AD. Another example is also illustrated in Ottaway, P and Rogers, N, 2002, 'Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: Finds from Medieval York' The Archaeology of York, The Small Finds Volume 17, page 2740 , ref nos 13302-3, which was discovered in deposits dated to the mid 16th to 17th century.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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