File:Closed type Thimble - Side view (FindID 471956).jpg

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Closed type Thimble - Side view
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All rights reserved, Geoff Burr, 2011-11-14 17:28:23
Title
Closed type Thimble - Side view
Description
English: A complete, Post Medieval, cast, copper alloy large size thimble. This is a closed thimble with tapering sides and flat domed top. There are irregular relatively large and spaced out hand-punched indentations all the way down to a narrow plain band around the base. The thimble is rather corroded on a green/brown coloured matt surface. This thimble is likely to date to 1500-1599. Ref. Detector Finds 2, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 1993, page 12-14 no. 12-15, History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing, Ipswich 1995, page 123 no. 784, Norwich Households, Medieval-Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978, Sue Margeson, East Anglian Archaeology 1993, page 188 no. 1458 and Collectors Guide to Thimbles, Bridget McConnel, Bracken Books 1996, page 19-20. The thimble measures 19.19mm long, 19.51mm wide, 1.48mm thick, diameter 19.51mm and weighs 5.9g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Medway
Date between 1500 and 1599
date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1599-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 471956
Old ref: KENT-14EB13
Filename: DSCN6128.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/354796
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/354796/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/471956
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 17 November 2020)
Object location51° 24′ 36.36″ N, 0° 30′ 12.91″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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