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Description: | A complete sheet copper alloy sewing thimble of Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date (AD 1400 ? AD 1600). Length 17.9mm, maximum diameter of the rim, about 18.0mm. Weight 5.06g.
The thimble is hand-made and has thin walls. It is distorted form its original shape. Consequently, the base has an irregular outline. The sides taper inwards towards an almost flat apex. At the base is a plain rim which has a maximum depth (or height) of about 3.0mm. The rim is the same thickness as the walls. The walls are punched with six/seven circumferential spiralling lines of similar sub-circular indentations. The lines spiral anticlockwise. At the apex there are two concentric rings of similar indentations.
The thimble is distorted and misshapen and the patina is lost.
For information on sewing thimbles, see: Holmes, E. F. 1998. Sewing Thimbles. Finds Research Group 700 ? 1700. Data Sheet 9. | 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: | 1400
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Frank Basford | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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