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Description: | A cast copper alloy domed thimble dating from the medieval period, AD 1450 - 1530. It has large circular indentations in a spiral up the sides and onto the top but the apex is bare (tonsured). The rim is plain and undecorated. The thimble has suffered some damage post deposition and has some breaks in the side wall. It has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 20.5mm in diameter and 20.1mm high. It weighs 4.53gm.See Holmes (1988) Finds Research Group Datasheet 9 and Read (2006) 'Metal Thimbles' in The Searcher, October 2006.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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