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Description: | 1350-1450. Copper alloy, brass thimble probably made in Nuremburg, Germany and probably made form a sheet of metal hammered into shape, there are three creases in the metal on the side of the thimble. 'Angular beehive' or skep-acorn top shape. Length 16.9mm, Width 21mm, Thickness 15.2mm, Diameter 21mm, Weight 4.3g. A variety of hand punched indentations concentric circle over top and two parallel inscribed simple line decoration around the base. Slight damage, squashed and cracked on the side. Green patina but some surface corrosion. Ref: Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 12-14, No. 1 & 2. the Collectors Guide to thimbles, Bridget McConnel, Bracken Books, London 1996 reprint, page 13-14.
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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