File:641A28. Medieval domed thimble (FindID 244373).jpg

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641A28. Medieval domed thimble
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Somerset County Council, Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen, 2009-01-22 23:09:22
Title
641A28. Medieval domed thimble
Description
English: Cast copper alloy domed sewing thimble with a flattened rim which varies in thickness. The indentations are hand-punched, circular and are arranged in a spiral around the wall of the thimble to the outer edges of the domed top, leaving the crown bare. The rim of the thimble is bare and separated from the indented area by two incised girth lines. The thimble is slightly squashed at the edge. There are several vertical tears at the base of the thimble. Similar to examples described in Holmes, Edwin F, 1991, "Sewing Thimbles", p1 - 3.

DATE: Late Medieval to Post medieval c.1450 - 1650 Dimensions: 19.26 mm x 19.92 mm x 1.53 mm

Weight: 8.12 g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Dorset
Date between 1450 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 244373
Old ref: DOR-641A28
Filename: 641A28.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/200051
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/200051/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/244373
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 22 November 2020)
Object location50° 43′ 42.6″ N, 2° 29′ 28.61″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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