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Description: | A complete and slightly misshapen Medieval to post-Medieval heavy duty cast copper-alloy thimble (c. 1400-c. 1550).The thimble is slightly flattened, domed at the top and has a flat apex. From the base, the sides taper gently towards the top and then tapers more abruptly at the shoulder to meet the flat apex. It has a plain rim and the walls have 14/15 spiralling lines of sub-circular indentations. The lines spiral clockwise from the base towards the top. There are no manufacturing marks and it is probably hand made.This thimble is corroded on the outside and has traces of a dark green patina. The inside is largely smooth with traces of a dark green patina and also patches of corrosion near the rim.Height 23.7; maximum diameter: 21.1mm; thickness of walls: 1.8mm. Weight: 7.59g.See Holmes 1988: 1, fig. 2b.
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