Assertion: thimble's mark | /r/HasProperty | struck by the maker
Facets:
value: on articles of low silver quality
type: OTHER
value: in use
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In addition to assay office export marks, for example the Mercury head found on the re-struck La Fontaine Fable thimbles and signifying that the thimble is of legal standard of fineness to be exported, the ‘Obus’ (cannon shell) mark, in use since 1884, was struck by the maker on articles of low silver quality which were to be exported.