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Description: | A cast copper alloy, beehive type thimble, dating from the late Medieval or early Post-Medieval period, AD1400 - 1600. It is dome shaped and has a narrow groove running around the base. The holes are circular and laid out in a right-hand spiral except for a small bare patch (tonsure) on the top of the thimble. The thimble has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 17.3mm in diameter and 14.3mm high. It weighs 2.82gm.
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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