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Stuart silver thimble

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Code: 12210

Website: https://www.antiquesboutique.com/antique-silver-other-misc/stuart-silver-thimble/itm123897

This is a nice Stuart-period silver thimble. A short two-piece thimble, the surface is covered in small annulets and decorated with a rope-type band around the base, above is a band of floral motifs, and to the front is a cartouche supported by a love bird on either side. This example is a detector find and in excavated condition, a little squashed and with a split to the seam but intact. Ref: Read, B. 2018: Metal Sewing Thimbles Found in Britain, Figure 28.

OBJECT:  Thimble

CULTURE: Stuart

DATE: c. 1680 AD

MATERIAL: Silver

SIZE: 16mm x 16mm x 14mm

WEIGHT: 4 grams

PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection, in Derby.