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Description: | A copper alloy domed thimble, of probable Post Medieval date. The sides are angled and the top is slightly domed. The thimble has small circular indentations arranged in a regular spiral across the top with no tonsure and indentations arranged in a spiral around the sides. There is a plain band around the base marked by an incised line. The thimble has been slightly squashed in the middle and has cracked along part of the top where the sides meet the dome. It measures 18.6mm in height and has a rough base diametre of 22.4mm. The top diametre is 14.2mm and the walls are 1.1mm thick. The thimble weighs 3.72g.There is no evidence of folding in the rim which could suggest that it is cast rather than made from sheet metal. Egan (2005, p. 132) illustrates similar examples, numbers 624, 627, 636, which he dates between 1450-1600 AD
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