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Description: | A complete copper-alloy possible open type thimble or 'sewing ring'. The base is slightly splayed and wider than the top. The ring has a spiral of fairly regularly spaced pits arranged in four rows around the sides. It measures 19.02mm in max. diameter (internal 16.66mm) and 16.51mm in min. diameter (internal 14.30mm) and weighs 4.0g.Angie Bolton comments on WAW-C66012 '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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