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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy domed or 'beehive' thimble, dating to the 14th/ 15th century AD between c. 1350 - 1500 (length: 17.5mm; diameter at base: 18mm; thickness of metal: 1.5mm; weight: 5.33g).
There is an incomplete raised border running around the incomplete circumference of the base of the thimble, with eleven rows of irregularly punched circular indentations running around the slanted circumference towards the slightly conical but flat tip at the top of the artefact. There is no decoration on the inside of the thimble and there are numerous cracks leading from the base to the top in one area where the artefact appears to have been slightly flattened. Overall, the thimble is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green patina.
Similar examples are illustrated in E. F. Holmes' 'Sewing Thimbles', Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9. It is suggested by Holmes that domed shaped thimbles are found in Britain in contexts from about AD 1350, which is later than on the Continent where thimbles are known to have been made during the 13th century. It is possible that leather guards were used in preference to metal ones. The casting of domed thimbles was abandoned in the 16th century AD. | 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: | 1350
1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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