File:THIMBLE (FindID 1013719).jpg

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THIMBLE
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Philip Smither, 2020-10-19 17:02:15
Title
THIMBLE
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A Medieval to Post-Medieval copper alloy thimble, probably dating to c. 1400-1600. The thimble has a domed top and sloping sides. The drilled circular pits are arranged in a spiral leaving a bald tonsure at the apex of the thimble as well as a plain band around the rim. The pits are regularly arranged, although with some slight variation in depth. The rim has been crushed slightly, with a single small split in the metal.

Dimensions: height 21.6mm, Diam: 19.9, Thickness of metal: 2mm; it weighs 12.2g

Holmes (1988) notes that bald tonsures are a feature of earlier thimbles, becoming less common with time and disappearing by c. 1650, whilst the spiral arrangment of pits seen here had become ubiquitous by 1500. He (ibid: fig. 2) illustrates similar examples dating to 1400-1550, and a similar, or potentially slightly later, date seems likely here
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
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
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FindIdentifier: 1013719
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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/1119415
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1119415/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location51° 32′ 00.96″ N, 0° 59′ 19.42″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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