Here it is, excavated from under an oak in a field near the 13th century Carew Castle in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Perhaps its wearer was embroidering something on a warm summer's day. If so, she must have felt horrible when she lost it.
From the post:
"The date of the thimble’s creation has been placed between 1682 and 1740. The treasure was built in two pieces and has six transverse bands in a zig-zag, over the top of a basket-weave pattern. This is a typical design for 17th-century thimbles in England and Wales, and it was the pattern that alerted Edwards that the heavy silver thimble was indeed “something special.”
Around the base of the posy thimble, engraved in capitalized Roman script, are the words “LYKE STIL AND LOVE EVER,” meaning “like enduringly, love forever.” Short inscriptions on “posy” items—particularly popular as rings in the 15th through 17th centuries in Britain and France—typically expressed affection and regard between lovers. A spokesperson for the National Museum Cardiff postulated that “perhaps thimbles, worn on the finger during needlework, were considered an intimate (and therefore romantic) possession, suitable as a gift between lovers.”"
It's been officially declared 'treasure.' Go here for more.
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