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17th century silver thimble
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British Museum, Sarah Poppy, 2009-10-21 14:20:43
Title
17th century silver thimble
Description
English: Post-medieval fragmentary thimble, dome missing, broad band left plain at lip, waffle-shaped indentations with two hearts left in reserve. Cracked on one side. A well-known late 17th Century type. As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cambridgeshire
Date between 1600 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 255601
Old ref: CAMHER-953B95
Filename: 2007T160.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/225458
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/225458/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/255601
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