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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy domed or 'beehive' thimble, dating to the Medieval period, between c. 1350 - 1500 (length: 22mm; diameter at base: 21mm; thickness of metal: 1mm; weight: 9.4g).There are eleven rows of irregularly punched circular indentations circling around the slanted circumference towards the slightly rounded top of the artefact. At the top of the artefact, there is an central undecorated circular area (diameter of undecorated area: 7.5mm). There is no decoration on the inside of the thimble. Overall, the thimble is in a slightly worn but good condition with a dark green patina.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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