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Description: | Copper alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late Medieval or early Post Medieval date. The sides are splayed and the base is wider than the top. It is now squashed to an oval shape, base 27.8 by 11.6mm externally, top 24.4 by 10.3mm. The ring has fairly regularly spaced stamped oval pits arranged in four irregular rows around the sides, possibly in a spiral. There is no evidence of a makers mark but it is badly corroded. There are several indents around the base which appear to be damage although one nead a thinner end is more regular and may be a deliberate feature of manufacture. The side is 9.2mm tall and 1.2mm thick at the base; it weighs 3.43 grams.The splayed sides allow an easier fit on the finger and is also chronologically diagnostic to the late Medieval or Post Medieval periods (Holmes 1988: 3). It is similar to Holmes (ibid) fig. 4 dated to c.1450-1550 AD.
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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