Record ID: SUSS-43C230
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval-Post Medieval copper alloy thimble, AD.1350-1500. Thimble is a light duty domed thimble with hand drilled dimples that are tightly packed. There is a single perforation in the apex of the thimble that is possibly from where it has been attached to a lathe. The thimble is a dark green in colour and is similar in design to fig 1.a. in Holmes 1988. Height: 12.57mm Thickness: 0.64mm Weight: 2.17g Diameter: 17.73mm Holmes, E. 1988 'Sewing Thimbles' Datasheet 9, FRG 700-1700
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-42E514
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy medieval, 13th-15th century vessel drop handle, AD.1250-1500. The handle consists of a zoomorphic terminal in the form of a stylised animal head, just over half of the handle itself and the suspension loop. The handle is formed in a dog leg fashion, being bent at a right angle in two places to form a Z like shape. On the outward facing corner there is a knop projecting out at an angle. There is a decorative subspherical bulge on the handle just before the break that is bounded on both sides by linear rings. The suspension loop sits just behind the animal h…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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