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Description: | A thimble made from cast copper alloy. The rim and damage reveals the thimble is made with two shells, the interior shell is thicker than the exterior. The rim is slightly thickened and is decorated on the exterior with a double linear groove which is intermittent. There are folds in the rim of the interior shell and both rims have been squashed. The conical shaped indentions are positioned in columns and cover the apex of the thimble. The sides of the thimble are shallow and straight, tapering slightly at the domed top. The thimble is squat in profile. The surface of the thimble has well developed mid green patina. The thimble is 21.17mm long and 27.95mm wide at the base. It weighs 6.8g.Holmes (Holmes, E.F. 'Sewing Thimbles' Datasheet 9 finds Research Group) in Figure 2a illustrates a similar shaped and decorated thimble which he dates to the 15th to mid 16th century and calls it a heavy duty thimble.
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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