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Description: | A cast copper alloy ring type thimble. The lower rim is undecorated. Within the edges there are rows of rectangular shaped indentations. In plan the rims are circular, and in profile the thimble narrows slightly towards the upper rim. The exterior and interior surfaces have a mid green patina. It measures 13.05mm long, 17.25mm diameter wide at the base and the wall is 1.57mm thick. It weighs 3.6g. Holmes (Holmes, E.F. 'Sewing Thimbles' Datasheet 9 finds Research Group) in Figure 4c illustrates a similar shaped ring type thimble which is dated to c. 1500. Ottaway and Rogers (Ottaway, P. and Rogers, N. 2002 Craft, Industry and Everyday Life: finds from Medieval York The Archaeology of York Volume 17. Council for British Archaeology) also illustrates a similar shaped ring type thimble, No. 13303 and this was discovered in deposits dated to the mid 16th to 17th century.
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