File:A complete Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble (15th-16th century AD). (FindID 278973).jpg

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A complete Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble (15th-16th century AD).
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Museum of London, Felicity Winkley, 2010-01-13 12:34:02
Title
A complete Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble (15th-16th century AD).
Description
English: A complete Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble (15th-16th century AD). The domed thimble has a wide margin between the base and the pits. The pits are hand-drilled in a spiral and they do not cover the peak. The pits are fairly even and none are perforated completely. The peak of the thimble has been decorated with an openwork design of three equally-spaced trefoils arranged pointing inwards towards the centre point. Between each trefoil is an incised line; the lines meet at the centre point. The thimble has a dark red-brown patina and the base has cracked in three places.

Holmes (1999) suggests that decoration in thimbles was established from the 15th century onwards, reaching its peak during the 16th century when particularly fine thimbles were imported from Nuremberg. Decorated thimbles, such as these, were clearly intended for light work, in contrast to ring thimbles, which are used for working thicker textiles and are never decorated.

Dimensions: length: 20.44mm; thickness: 1.08mm; diameter: 15.26mm; weight: 3.87g.

Reference: Holmes, E. (1999) Sewing Thimbles. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheet 9. In: Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasbeets 1-24. A consolidated reprint of Datasheets issued by the Finds Research Group between 1985 and 1998. Oxford: University of Oxford Reprographic Unit
Depicted place (County of findspot) Greater London Authority
Date between 1400 and 1600
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 278973
Old ref: LON-504468
Filename: Higginbotham - thimble - Nov 09.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/234484
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/234484/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/278973
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Object location51° 30′ 38.16″ N, 0° 05′ 50.8″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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