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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 around the top, but the crown is bare (tonsured). There is a single narrow groove around the base. The thimble has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 18.5mm in diameter and 18.3mm high. It weighs 4.97gm.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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