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Description: | Post Medieval copper alloy thimble. It is covered in a dark brown patina with some pale green corrosion product, and is otherwise in excellent condition. It weighs 6.81g and stands 20.4mm high, has a maximum diameter of 20.0mm and a minimum diameter of 14.4mm.
The thimble is domed with a flat crown. The indentations, arranged in a spiral from the base covering the sides and the crown, are oval and relatively large (around 1mm). This suggests the thimble was used for heavy needlework.
The spiral arrangement of indentations was common from the 16th century (Holmes 1988). | 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: | 1500
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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