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Description: | A copper alloy domed thimble dating from the late medieval or Post Medieval period, about AD 1450 - 1650. It has small circular indentations in a spiral up the sides and around the top, leaving a bare tonsure. It has a plain rim. The thimble has two layers of metal in the walls and was probably made by the hammering process. The thimble has a dark green patina. It is 17.2mm tall, 19.2mm diameter and 3.9g.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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