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Description: | A fragment of a flattened silver thimble. It would have been of two part construction consisting of a domed top and separate sheet for the sides. There is a border around the base consisting of two lines of cabling with a plain space between. There is an oval panel positioned on the wall above the base border. It contains a crowned male bust facing left with C over a number 2 on the left and R on the right. The rest of the surface is covered with closely spaced annulets. Originally the thimble would have had two busts representing Charles II and Catherine of Braganza, who married in 1662. Cf. a very similar example in Holmes (1976, 15, fig.6b). The thimble dates from AD 1662 - 1685. Other parallels are NMS-E6C671 which is complete (2009T268) and SUR-D0D147 (2011T338).
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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