Thimble with lion and cartouche
This thimble is made from two pieces of sheet silver, one sheet for the body and another for the dome. It was found by a metal-detectorist and has become squashed through its burial in the ground over a long period of time. Thimbles are often decorated and this one shows a small animal figure, possibly a lion rampant, next to a cartouche probably intended for the owner’s initials. Four small holes have been punched through the body of the thimble.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 39/2014
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- silver
- Common Name
- thimble with lion and cartouche
- Simple Name
- thimble
- Period Classification
- Stuart (1603-1714)
