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Record ID: PUBLIC-0A2CA4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
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A complete copper-alloy open thimble or sewing ring of medieval to Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1450 - 1550.
This thimble is circular in plan with sides which taper inwards from the bottom to the top. The outer face is decorated by a series of irregular spiralling pits within grooved circumferential borders. The interior surface is undecorated.
The metal has a green/brown patina and is worn. The thimble is 9.65mm in height, 20.99mm in diameter, 1.2mm thick and weighs 3.3g.
A similar example is illustrated in Egan 1998, p.267, no.815.
Thimbles have been in common use in England…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
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