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Description: | A complete but misshapen and fractured Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy closed thimble (c. 1400-c. 1550).This thimble is domed and the thick walls have a continuous spiral of hand drilled circular pits that spiral in a clockwise direction from the base towards the crown. The rim is plain and thickened and there are no manufacture marks.The thimble is matt purplish brown.Height: 19.6mm; width: 24.4mm; thickness: 17.1mm; thickness at rim: 1.0mm. Weight: 5.74g.Similar thimbles have been published (Holmes 1988: 1, fig. 2).Holmes, E.F. 1988. Sewing Thimbles. Finds Research Group Datasheet 9. Finds Research Group 700-1700, Norwich
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