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Description: | A complete and crumpled copper alloy open thimble or 'sewing ring' of late Medieval to early post-Medieval date (c. 1450-c. 1600).The thimble has thin walls (thickness: 0.3mm) and the opening is narrower at the top than at the bottom (the sides sloped inwards). The lower rim is plain and not thickened and has a depth of about 2.0mm. Above the rim, regular punched sub-triangular indentations spiral anti-clockwise in seven turns from the bottom towards the top. The outer face is a dull brownish colour and the inner face is coated in loose light green copper alloy corrosion products.16.6 x 25.1 x 12.3mm. Weight: 3.46g.Holmes (1988, p.1) suggests that ring type thimbles were in use in Britain from c.1450. By the 16th century indentations tended to be arranged in a spiral pattern and in 1620 mechanical knurling of indentations began to be practiced (ibid. p.3).
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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