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Description: | A complete Late Medieval to early post-Medieval copper-alloy thimble (c. 1400-c. 1550). The thimble has sloping sides that flare outward from the top towards the bottom. The rim is plain and the crown is convex. It has circular indents forming about 16 turns in a clockwise direction from the base towards the apex which is also covered in indents. Many of the indents are obscured due to corrosion. There are no visible manufacturing marks. See Holmes 1988: 1.The outer face is largely covered with mid-green copper-alloy corrosion products.Height; 19.6mm; diameter: 18.7mm; thickness of walls: 0.9mm. Weight: 5.18g.
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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