File:A complete Medieval copper alloy thimble dating AD 1400-1550. (FindID 848863).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(4,983 × 4,051 pixels, file size: 5.47 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
A complete Medieval copper alloy thimble dating AD 1400-1550.
Photographer
The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Stuart Wyatt, 2017-05-25 14:05:44
Title
A complete Medieval copper alloy thimble dating AD 1400-1550.
Description
English: A complete Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy thimble dating AD 1400-1550. The thimble is a cast heavy duty thimble, there are two diametrically opposed notches in the rim, Egan (1998:265) writes "The notches on Nos 829-31 may have been from some device to hold the thimble firmly during lathe turning or the adding of the pits." The pits are hand-drilled in a spiral and they do not cover the peak. The thimble has a thickened rim with margin of 2.85mm between the base and the pits. The thimble appears to be unused and still has filling marks on the peak.

Similar heavy duty thimbles can be seen in Holmes (1988:1 fig. 2) and Egan (1998:267 fig 830)

Dimensions: diameter: 21.19mm; height:19.42mm; weight: 10.84g.

Similar thimbles on the database are BUC-CF1F95, BERK-C03033 and IOW-DBFDC8.

Reference: Egan, G. 1998 The Medieval Household - Medieval finds from excavations in London. HMSO. London

Holmes, E. 1988. Sewing Thimbles. Datasheet 9. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasheets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford.
Date between 1400 and 1550
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 848863
Old ref: LON-444873
Filename: LON444873.jpg
Credit line
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/616427
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/616427/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/848863
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 2 December 2020)

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Attribution: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:08, 15 December 2018Thumbnail for version as of 21:08, 15 December 20184,983 × 4,051 (5.47 MB)Fæ (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, LON, FindID: 848863, medieval, page 1623, batch count 7439

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:A_complete_Medieval_copper_alloy_thimble_dating_AD_1400-1550._(FindID_848863).jpg&oldid=778015861"