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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy sewing ring, dating to the 15th century. The object is formed of a cast cylindrical tube of copper alloy which tapers from one open end to the other. The thimble has stamped rectangular pits in 4 horizontal rows. The metal has a mid-dark green patina. Casting was undertaken from the 14th century to AD 1530, when cast thimbles ceased in Nuremberg (Homes, 1988, 1). Similar to LON-DD0938, NLM-CD8589 and SOM-4C6469The length is 18mm, the width is 10mm and the weight 81.63g.Holmes, E. 1988. Sewing Thimbles. Datasheet 9. Finds Research Group 700-1700 Datasbeets 1-24. 1985-1998. Reprographic Unit, University of Oxford.
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