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Description: | A thimble made from cast copper alloy. The rim reveals the thimble has a single shell. The rim is 1.22mm thick. In plan the rim is circular. In profile the sides of the thimble are slightly convex and taper gradually to a convex top. The exterior has deep, sub-square cells which are positioned in neat rows. The layout of the indentations is quite close and also covers the top. The rim is decorated with a single horizontal groove. There is a revered 'K' stamped onto the rim. This 'K' is likely to be a maker's mark. On the interior, at the rim there are two vertical, parallel grooves which may have occurred during manufacture or use. The exterior and interior surfaces have traces of a dark green patina. It is 19.28mm long and 18.11mm diameter at the base. It weighs 6.93g.
The thimble is dated to the Medieval or late Post Medieval. 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. Egan (Egan G. 2005 Material Culture in London in an Age of Transition Museum of London and English Heritage) illustrates a similar thimble with square cells, No. 632, which dates to the mid 16th to 16th century. | 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: | 1450
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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