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Copper alloy Thimble
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Kent County Council, Jen Jackson, 2012-12-18 12:02:02
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Copper alloy Thimble
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English: A copper alloy thimble, probably of Medieval - Post Medieval date. The thimble has angled sides and domed top with small circular indentations arranged in a spiral around the top and continuing down the sides to the base. An incised line runs around the outer side below the indentations just above the rim. The base has been squashed in which has led to some damage to the rim. It is now 24.5mm long by 16.3mm wide; it is 20.4mm in height, the sides are 1.2 mm thick and it weighs 7.70 g.

Holmes (1987:1, fig 2a) suggests thimbles of this type are heavy duty thimble dating to c.AD 1400-1550. Egan (2005:131-2) publishes a similar example, no.627 without the line at the base, from a context dated to c. AD 1530-1550.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 1400 and 1550
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1400-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 536121
Old ref: KENT-058EE3
Filename: KENT-058EE3.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/409225
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/409225/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/536121
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