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Description: | A complete Medieval to post-Medieval copper-alloy open thimble (c. 1450-c. 1650).This thimble is extraordinary large and robust.It is circular in plan and the sides taper inwards from the bottom to the top. The outer face has three circumferential rows of circular depressions or pits. Each pit has a diameter of c. 2.8mm.The thimble has a green patina with off-white corrosion products in the pits.Height: 17.0mm; outer diameter at bottom: 25.4mm; outer diameter at top: 23.9mm; thickness of walls: 3.2mm. Weight: 24.85g.A similar thimble has been published and dated c. 1500 (Holmes 1988: 2, fig. 4).Holmes, E.F. 1988. Sewing Thimbles. Finds Research Group Datasheet 9. Finds Research Group 700-1700, Norwich.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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