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Description: | Late medieval/early post medieval cast copper alloy ring type thimble (sewing ring), c.1450-1620. Splayed base, tapering towards the top (this indicates that this is an early sewing ring, c.1500). No decoration or borders. Spiral of four lines of individually drilled indentations of varying diameters (c.0.8-1.6mm); five of the indentations have been worn through. Mid brown-green patina, light green in the indentations. Height (length) 9.25mm, diameter 19.73-22.45mm, thickness 0.6-1.2mm, weight 3.76g.
See Finds Research Group 700-1700 datasheet 9 (Edwin Holmes) for a discussion of the dating of thimbles. | Subjects: | ring | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Atherton, Rachel - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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