Age of open-top thimble?? Or any info on this lead piece?

[testing123]

Found this thimble the other day along with other pieces dating from the 1860s to today.

Can anyone tell what age the thimble may be?

Also, found the lead piece in the same field. What I can read is "WARD" - any idea on age, or what it was used for?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

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[NOLA_Ken]

Lead bars like that were used to solder copper gutters and to seal cast iron drain pipe, Ward might be the name of the manufacturer, or a hardware supplier.

 

[Mackaydon]

Any inscription on the inside of the thimble?
Don....

 

[ticm]

I found a thimble that looks pretty much like yours at a colonial site not to long ago so it's hard to tell.

 

[testing123]

Any inscription on the inside of the thimble?
Don....

Just got around to checking but didn't see anything inside

 

[CRUSADER]

UK Finds Database - - - UKDFD
Most likely 18th C, but the design hardly changed in hundreds of years.

 

[testing123]

Thanks guys. I will assume 18th century with the understanding that it could very well be newer. Not sure how to mark solved from my phone but as soon as I get to a computer I will mark as solved. Thanks again!