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Description: | Silver thimble. Two part construction, domed top soldered to angled sides covered in closely spaced stamped annulets with a cabled border around the base. Now squashed and very worn, a cartouche, probably shield or heart shaped, surrounded by possible foliate decoration and pecked with the initials AB is just visible. 17th century.Height 17mm. Weight 4.5g. Cf. potentially similar examples from North Walsham, Norfolk (NMS-190428, HER number 53877) and Penwith, Cornwall (CORN-D648D6) where the cartouche is flanked by birds.
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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