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Description: | A cast copper alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late Medieval to Post Medieval date. The thimble is squashed but the base appears slightly wider than the top (base 24.5mm by 8.6mm, top 22.2mm by 8.3mm). This is to allow an easier fit on the finger and is also chronologically diagnostic to the late Medieval or Post Medieval periods (Holmes 1988, 3). The ring has regularly spaced triangular punched depressions, arranged in a spiral of four loops. The metal is covered in bright green corrosion. The side is 9.9mm wide and 0.9mm thick; it weighs 2.59 grams. Margeson (1993) illustrates a similar sewing ring (p.187, no.1461) from a 17th century context.
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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