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Description: | A complete copper alloy small 'beehive' type thimble of late medieval or early post-medieval date, c. AD 1400-1600. The thimble is domed with mostly straight sides with a rounded 'tonsure' ring at the top formed by the last line of pits, and a deep recess (not completely pierced hole) just off-centre. The hand punched pits begin a the base of the timble above a recessed circumferential line, spiralling up to the tonsure peak. The bare circular patch on top of the thimble, or 'tonsure', indicates a relatively early date; similar early thimbles are often dated to the 15th or 16th centuries (Holmes 1988:1).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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