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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy late Medieval to Post-Medieval thimble dating from about 1450-1550. The thimble is damaged, bent out of shape and its dome is missing. The body has been decorated with a series of large punched triangular pits which have been arranged in five spiral tiers, beginning at the bottom edge of the object, creating a wide border as it spirals upward. Corrosion obscures any possible maker's mark at the start of the spiral. The material has a light-medium green patina. A similar example is SOM-231E57 which is thought to have been designed to be an open thimble or sewing ring, never having had a top. This example is too damaged to say whether the top is missing or deliberately left open.Thickness: 1.4mm; Diameter: 13.5mm; Weight: 2.16g
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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