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Description: | A complete copper-alloy open thimble or 'sewing ring'. This thimble is circular 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 rectangular indentations. It spirals in an anti-clockwise direction from the bottom towards the top. There are no manufacturing marks. This thimble is a dark green/brown colour. The upper edge is slightly abraded. It measures 20.83mm diameters, 10.77mm tall, the wall is 1.19mm thick and weighs 3.2g.The sewing ring dates to the Medieval to post-Medieval, c. AD 1450-1550, (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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