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Description: | A copper-alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring', of Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval date (1400-1600). It is made of single sheet of copper alloy with rows of punched or drilled pits which line up vertically.The walls are slightly splayed. This is to allow an easier fit on the finger and is also chronologically diagnostic to the Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval periods (Holmes 1988, 3). The ring is decorated with functional circular punched depressions, arranged fairly regularly in four concentric circles.The thimble is 18.1mm in diametre, 0.8mm thick and weighs 4.00 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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