Cultural object · Europeana
IMAGE- Year
- 1450
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Provider
- The Portable Antiquities Scheme
- Collection
- 2048087_Ag_EU_AthenaPlus_CollectionsTrust
A corroded and squashed copper-alloy open type thimble or 'sewing ring' of late medieval to early post-medieval date. The ring is undecorated other than the functional punches, arranged fairly regularly in three rows. The metal has corroded to a red-brown colour with a dark-green patina where it survives. Sewing rings tend to date to the late medieval or early post-medieval periods (Holmes 1988, 3).
Rights: 3.0/
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