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Description: | A cast copper-alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late medieval to early post-medieval date. The thimble is distorted out of shape but the base is slightly wider than the top (21.6mm by 16.6mm compared to 19.5mm by 16.3mm). This is to allow an easier fit on the finger and is also chronologically diagnostic to the late medieval or early post-medieval periods (Holmes 1988, 3). The side is 9.9mm wide and it is 1.2mm thick; it weighs 2.89 grams. The ring is undecorated other than the functional circular punched depressions, arranged in four irregular rows. The metal has corroded to a mid-brown colour.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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