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Description: | Copper-alloy thimble. Late medieval (c.1350-1500). The thimble is dome shaped with a conical top, which is partially incomplete on one side. Length: 25.7mm, external diameter: 22.3mm at the base, mass: 10.9g. On the exterior of the thimble there are a series of circular drilled or punched indentations. These are arranged broadly vertically on the sides of the thimble and broadly concentrically towards the top. A linear groove runs around the exterior of the thimble, near to the base. The wall of the thimble is overlapped towards the base - an unusual feature. The wall thickness is 1 mm at the base (2mm on the overlapping portion). The interior is undecorated and a plug of soil remains within. The thimble has a pitted green surface. In "Sewing Thimbles" (Finds Research Group 700-1700 datasheet 9), Holmes (1991, p1) states that domed thimbles are found in Britain in contexts from about 1350. He suggests that by the 16th century indentations are usually in the form of a spiral beginning at the open end and continuing upto the crown (ibid. p2). On this basis the thimble recorded here is probably late medieval c.1350-1500.
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