Silver thimble, as a flat ring with a wide nail-protecting upper section
Also known as: Vingerhoed van zilver, als een platte ring met breed nagelbeschermend bovengedeelte
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1817 - c. 1820
Silver thimble, as a flat ring with a wide nail-protecting upper section and a narrow lower section; to allow the first phalanx of the finger to move freely during sewing.
Marks: little swan, for Groningen, and W. S., W. Schutter. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1973-706; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique forging; measurements length 3.7 cm x diameter 1.7 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- silver (metal)
- Technique
- forging
- Measurements
- length 3.7 cm x diameter 1.7 cm
- Dimensions museum
- length 3.7 cm x diameter 1.7 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Vingerhoed van zilver, als een platte ring met breed nagelbeschermend bovengedeelte
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1973-706
- Museum classification
- handwerkgerei · thimble
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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