THIMBLE 938937

Description: A copper alloy thimble dating to c.1300-1500. A domed thimble with traces of a circumferential groove at the rim. The small circular indentations or pits have been applied in vertical rows from just above the circumferential groove to just below the crown, leaving a large bare area or "tonsure" which has a single, central pit at the top. The thimble is squashed and has split slightly at the rim. Date: Medieval - c. 1330 - 1400 Dimensions: 25.20 mm x 15.56 mm x 11.62 mm Weight: 5.06 g Reference: Read, B., 2018 Metal Sewing Thimbles Found in Britain, Oxford, p. 23 - 24, Fig. 10 and illustrated, No. 73

Date: 1330 - 1400

Object type: THIMBLE

Last import: September 22, 2022