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Description: | A complete and misshapen Medieval to post-Medieval cast copper-alloy closed thimble of 'beehive' type (c. 1400-c. 1550 AD). The sides slope inwards from the bottom to form a rounded top. The lower walls have vertical lines of drilled pits and the upper part of the walls has circumferential lines of drilled pits. At the apex there is a plain area with a pit at its centre. It has two circumferential grooves close to the rim.Height: 11.4mm; width: 16.9mm; thickness: 12.8mm; thickness of walls: 0.8mm. Weight: 1.97g.Similar early thimbles are often dated to the 15th or 16th centuries, cf. Holmes (1988, 1).The thickness of this cast thimble might suggest that it was used for heavy duty work.
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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