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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy "beehive" closed thimble of later Medieval to Early Post Medieval date, circa (AD 1400-1550). Around 20% of the thimble is missing and the remaining object has suffered some damage and has been distorted in shape. The thimble is broadly oval in plan with a domed top. The walls of the thimble flare slightly to a bordered rim. The indentations begin just below the apex of the crown and spiral in approximately eleven turns around the body of the thimble to the base. The indentations or pits are broadly sub-circular in shape and relatively evenly spaced. A small number of pits have been pierced all the way through. The base of the rim has a band around the circumference, approximately 2.67mmthick. The thimble has a mid-green coloured patina across all surfaces. Similar thimbles have been dated to the later part of the medieval period (1400-1550) by Edwin Holmes (Sewing Thimbles FRG Datasheet 9). This type is commonly known as a beehive thimble. Egan (1998) illustrates a number of copper alloy thimbles dating from the 14thcentury onwards. Most notably no.830 has similar pits located in a spiral which is dated from circaAD 1400-1450. This example appears to fir the heavy duty type although it is of a fairly small size. An example on the PAS database, (WMID-EA9CD1) and discovered in Warwickshire is of a similar size and suggested as possibly belonging to a child. The thimble measures 18.64mm high, the width is 14.58mm (the thimble has been distorted presumably in the plough soil) the side walls are formed from 0.95mm thick metal. The thimble weighs 2.1 grams.Egan, G., (1998)The Medieval Household: Daily Living c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London)London : The Stationery Office.Holmes, E.F., (1988)Sewing Thimbles. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9.
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