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Description: | A largely complete late medieval or early post-medieval copper alloy thimble. The thimble is dome shaped. It is 13.4mm long with a maximum diameter of 17.6mm at the base. The thimble has a mass of 3.2g. On the exterior there are a series of circular drilled or punched indentations with a bare tonsure like patch on the crown which is free of indentations other than at about the central point. There is an incomplete linear groove running around the exterior of the thimble, towards the base. The thimble has a wall thickness of 1.1 to 1.2mm at the base and it may be cast. The interior is undecorated. The thimble has a well developed green patina, although a lighter green more pitted surface is evident on portions of the incomplete base of the thimble. There is some soil in the indentations and the interior. It is unclear if the indentation on the crown penetrates the entire thickness of the thimble.In "Sewing Thimbles" (Finds Research Group 700-1700 datasheet 9), Holmes (1991, p1) states that domed thimbles are found in Britain in contexts from about 1350. He also states that thimbles with a bare tonsure are never found after c.1650. On this basis the thimble recorded here dates from c.1350 - c.1650.
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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