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Description: | A late medieval to early post medieval copper alloy thimble probably dating 15th - 16th century. The indentations are circular and have been stamped in a spiral pattern radiating from the peak of the thimble. There is a maker's mark that is partially obscured but it may be a star or a mullet at the end of the indentations, above the rim. Below the indentations there is a single linear border just above the rim. The shape of the thimble is slightly distorted and there are two notches in the base but this seems to be post depositional damage, rather than the deliberate notches cut during the manufacturing process.Similar thimbles are illustrated in McConnel (1999:17) and dated to the 15th - 16th century. Holmes (1988:3) writes that "thimbles with makers' marks appear to have been imported mostly from Nuremberg where, under the ordinances of the Guild of Thimblemakers, all thimbles and sewing rings were required to carry the mark of the master who made them... So far as one can judge thimbles with maker's marks normally date from AD1520 - 1620."Dimensions: length: 18.54mm; diameter at base: 21.15mm; diameter at peak: 15.97; weight: 7.23g.Reference: McConnel, B. 1999. The Collector's Guide to Thimbles. Bracken Books; London.Holmes, E. 1988. Sewing Thimbles. Datasheet 9. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasbeets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford.
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