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A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dating to the mid 17th century.
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Museum of London, Kate Sumnall, 2013-11-27 12:23:38
Title
A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dating to the mid 17th century.
Description
English: A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dating to the mid 17th century. This thimble is of two-part construction where the body and the peak have been made from two separate piece of copper alloy which were then soldered together. The lines of solder can be seen around the edge of the peak and there is a vertical seam along the body of the thimble. The thimble is decorated with a strapwork design and rows of triangular indentations with a motto in capitals below. The motto reads: "+ WORK A PASE" Work apace. The strapwork design forms two crosses separated by two parallel lines. The peak is undecorated and plain with no indentations and there is no evidence of a maker's mark.

Similar thimbles are illustrated in McConnel (1999:24) and are dated to the mid-17th century and are of English manufacture. The construction, shape and decoration are very similar although the indentations are created by a square grid rather than the triangular-shaped indentations on this example. A similar example but in silver is also recorded on the PAS database: LON-D4CA92.

Dimensions: length: 28.16mm; diameter: 46.62mm; weight: 4.96g.

Reference: McConnel, B. 1999. The Collector's Guide to Thimbles. Bracken Books; London.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1625 and 1675
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1625-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1675-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 574340
Old ref: LON-6F9633
Filename: Thimble-May13v3.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/448004
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/448004/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/574340
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Object location51° 30′ 24.12″ N, 0° 03′ 51.51″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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