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Description: | A thimble made from cast copper alloy. The rim reveals the thimble is made with a double shell. The interior rim is thickened slightly thickened. The exterior shell appears to have a split at the rim. The exterior of the shell has a plain rim which is decorated with a fine horizontal row along its upper edge. Where the exterior shell is split revealing the interior shell, the groove decorates both shells. Above the grooves there are columns of conical cells which cover the thimble, including the domed top. The sides of the thimble are straight and tapers slightly towards the domed top. The thimble is quite tall in profile. The exterior surface of the thimble as a well developed dark green/brown patina. The interior has a unusual corrosion product at the domed area and along sides, but only half way up the sides. The remaining interior corrosion has a dark green/brown patina. The thimble is 20.93mm long and 20.08mm diameter at the base. It weighs 13.8g. The thimble is dated to the late Medieval period. Geake (Geake 2001 Finds Recording Guide 1.1 unpublished) comments that taller thimbles such as this can date to the 15th century. Holmes (Holmes, E.F. 'Sewing Thimbles' Datasheet 9 finds Research Group) in Figure 2b illustrates a similar shaped and decorated thimble which he dates to the 15th to mid 16th century and calls it a heavy duty thimble.
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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