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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's base is slightly wider than the top (base 19.6mm by 14.4mm, top 17.9mm by 12.7mm). 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 10.6mm wide and 0.7mm thick; it weighs 2.90 grams. The ring has rectangular punched depressions, arranged in a spiral of four loops and an irregular incised line around the base. The metal has corroded to a mid-green 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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