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Description: | This thimble of fourteenth century type is of the 'tonsured crown' variety and is in most respects very similar to that described in record SF-7CAFE3. This example, however, is cracked and slightly crushed. The height and the diameter were probably both about 15mm. The indentations on the walls are in vertical rows, and those on the summit are in five rows horizontally around the base of the conical top. The centre is unindented except for a single indentation or possibly a very small hole at the very summit. The shown weight includes earth contained within. As on the other example cited, there are two horizontal lines engraved around the outside of the rim as a decorative finish. When these two thimbles are seen side by side, it is difficult not to form the impression that they were probably made by the same person. They were found quite near one another, and so may both have been used by the same needleworker. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1300
1450 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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