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Description: | A cast copper alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late Medieval date. The sides are splayed and the base is wider than the top (base 16.3mm in external diameter, top 15.0mm). 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 irregularly spaced circular drilled pits, arranged in rows running down the sides. There is the remains of an incised line around the base. The base and top are irregular with old damage. The side is 11.8mm tall and 1.1mm thick; it weighs 3.47 grams. Egan (1998) illustrates a similar example, fig.206, no.815, dated from the 14th to mid 15th century. SUR-C7EB72, NMS-415276 and NMS-544728 on this database are also similar.
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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