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Description: | A squashed copper-alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late medieval to early post-medieval date. The thimble measures 18.65mm in diameter at the open top end, expanding to a maximum of 20.9mm at the bottom. The base is also slightly splayed and angled. 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 ring is undecorated other than the functional punches, arranged fairly regularly in four rows. The thimble is a red-brown colour, overlain with light green and off-white corrosion product.
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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