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Description: | Silver hair pin, dating to the early post medieval period (Circa AD 1625 - 1650). The hair pin is rectangular in section, and tapers to a point (end) which is slightly rounded. Both the sides and faces of the pin are flat, and both are decorated with identical decoration. The main body of the pin starts with a linear groove which divides into two which seems to be made by lots of little dots. Just before the eye there is a groove either side which starts the sectional design which contains a flared cross or flower. The eye of the pin is rectangular in shape with two tranverse linear grooves above and below it. . Above the rectangular eye of the pin is divided into two sections o design by a tranverse grooved line in the first section is a flared cross/ or flower design, the second seciotn has a triangle design with radiating lines towards the eye. This is followed by the top/ knop of the pin which is pointed, with an oval shaped head and a circular hole though the centre, this is were beads would have been attached to. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Simpson, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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