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Description: | A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dating 1500-1550. This thimble has been crushed flat but originally would have had the typical domed appearance. The indentations are oval and have been hand stamped in a spiral pattern radiating from the peak of the thimble. Spiral patterns became known in the 16th century. Below the indentations there is a single linear border just above the rim. There is no evidence of a maker's mark at the end of the indentations.Holmes (1988:1) illustrates similar thimble which he describes as heavy duty thimbles dating 1400-1550.Dimensions: length: 20.50mm; weight: 7.58g.Reference: Holmes, E. 1988. Sewing Thimbles. Datasheet 9. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasbeets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford.
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