Thimble and sewing ring
Also known as: Fingerborg och fingerring
Record status
Individual type · partial
Thimble and sewing ring is held by Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology. Museum description: 21 thimbles and sewing rings made of brass, pewter, and steel, stamped or cast and turned (39 missing).
S-1-4. Mounted on a sample card. Dimensions: 225 x 185 x 20 mm. Label: "A-G-mm-7 (G-i-27). "Profkarta af fingerborgar och syringar, 47 slag." [Sample card of thimbles and sewing rings, 47 types]. The museum record gives material recorded as Metal, copper alloy (copper, brass, bronze); Metal, stainless steel; measurements Width 185.0 mm; Weight 0.3 kg. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Metall, kopparlegering (koppar, mässing, brons); Metall, rostfritt stål
- Dimensions
- Bredd 185.0 mm; Vikt 0.3 kg
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- image/jpeg; text/plain
Identification
- Europeana id
- /916118/S_TEK_object_TEKS0056186
- Museum object name
- Fingerborg och fingerring
- Holding institution
- Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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