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Description: | A compete copper alloy heavy duty sewing thimble of later medieval to early post-medieval date. The base is slightly splayed and wider than the top. The thimble has a spiral of fairly regularly spaced, ahnd punched circular pits running from the base of thimble up to the peak. The peak of the thimble has four rows of pits in decreasing circles. No maker's mark or symbol can be seen. Holmes (1988) dates this type of thimble to c. AD 1400-1550.
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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