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Description: | A post-Medieval copper-alloy machine-made closed thimble, probably dating to c.1730-1800. It has a thickened rim below a plain band 2.5mm deep. There are three small cracks in the rim, widely spaced around the circumference, which is slightly flattened into an oval shape. Above the plain area, the walls or sides have twelve horizontal circumferential lines of slanting sub-rectangular circular indentations or pits, aligned one below the other to produce slanting lines of indentations. The low domed crown or top has square indentations that form a waffle or grid pattern. There are no manufacturing marks.Height 17.26mm, Diameter at widest point 19.13, Diameter at narrowest point 13.55, Weight 3.7g.Compare IOW-D8DF4E, DENO-BE1ECC etc. This type of thimble has been published by Holmes (1988: 3-4, fig. 7c, Type III) as dating from c. 1730-c. 1800.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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