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Description: | A Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (1400-1600) copper-alloy beehive thimble of cast construction standing 23.7mm tall and weighing 16.67 grams.The thimble is domed with slightly flared sides and a rounded 'tonsure' top. The drilled pits begin outside this and continue in a continuous spiral to the base in a regular fashion. Above the base is a plain rim. It measures 18.3mm in internal diameter at the open end and tapers towards the dome. The bare circular patch on top of the thimble, or 'tonsure', indicates a relatively early date; similar early thimbles are often dated to the 15th or 16th centuries, cf. Holmes (1988, 1).
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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