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Description: | A post-medieval copper-alloy thimble dating to the 18th century. The thimble has slightly tapering sides from the base to the crown, with a slight lip at the base. The thimble is decorated with circular drilled indentations. The indentations form a pattern of concentric circles from the base to the peak of the thimble. There is a small band just above the lip of the base without indentations. There is a maker's mark of three chevrons punched into this band. The top of the thimble is domed with a 'waffle' pattern of square indentations. There is a small, ragged hole in the side of the thimble.The thimble is a Holmes English or Dutch Type III thimble. (Holmes (1988, 4, fig 7c).Brian Read has commented that Holmes Type III thimbles do not usually have a maker's mark and this may be the only recorded example to date. Pers. comm. Brian Read 2015.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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