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Description: | Cast copper alloy thimble fragment length 21mm, width 24.5mm, thickness 1.5mm, weight 4.94g. the thimble is heavily damaged with only one side of the wall remaining. The outside of the thimble is decorated with irregularly punched circular indentations that spiral up towards the cap. These indentions have been hand drilled this artefact dates to 1350-1500. Similar examples are illustrated in E. F. Holmes' 'Sewing Thimbles', Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9.
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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