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Description: | Cast copper alloy thimble length 18mm, thickness 1.7mm, diameter of aperture 19mm, weight 5.34g. The outside of the thimble is decorated with irregularly punched circular indentations that spiral up towards the cap which is undecorated and slightly pointed. These indentions have been hand drilled this artefact dates to 1350-1500. Similar examples are illustrated in E. F. Holmes' 'Sewing Thimbles', Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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