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Description: | A cast copper-alloy open-topped thimble or sewing ring of probable later Medieval to Post-Medieval date with open top end. It has a thickened rim with recessed groove containing moulded lozenge and cross-shaped decorative motifs. Spiralling upwards from the rim are rows of evenly spaced punched square indentations that terminate with a recessed band at the top of the thimble. It measures 15.33mm in height, 22.57mm in external diameter at the base, 18.41mm in external diameter at top, 0.99mm in thickness, and weighs 4.45g. The use of a thimble with an open top suggests a date range in the 15th to 16th centuries AD (see Holmes, 1988).
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