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Description: | A complete medieval or post-medieval copper alloy thimble. The thimble would have been dome shaped, but it is now partially flattened. The thimble is 18.8mm tall, 23.0mm wide at the slightly flattened base, with a mass of 7.5g. On the exterior of the thimble, there are a series of circular drilled or punched indentations in the form of a spiral beginning at the open end. There is a small bare tonsure like patch on the crown which is free of indentations.The thimble has a wall thickness of 1.2 to 1.4mm at the base. The interior is undecorated. The thimble has a green patina, although there are patches with a lighter green pitted surface, particularly on the inside. 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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