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Description: | A complete and misshapen Medieval to post-Medieval sheet copper-alloy open thimble or 'sewing ring' (c. AD 1450-1550). This thimble is now sub-oval in cross-section and the side tapers inwards from the base towards the top. The outer face has a spiralling line of four revolutions of drilled sub-circular pits. It spirals in an anti-clockwise direction from the bottom towards the top. There are no manufacturing marks. This thimble is reddish-brown on the interior and exterior. The upper edge is abraded. Height: 8.96mm; width: 20.45mm; thickness: 14.54mm; thickness of walls: 0.70mm. Weight: 1.4g.Reference: Holmes 1988 (Sewing Thimbles. Finds Research Group Datasheet 9. Finds Research Group 700-1700, Norwich): 2, fig.4.
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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