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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy pin. The pin head is spherical and composed of two hemi-spherical portions. It is not clear how the two halves are joined. The head is decorated with vertical irregular grooves which are matched on both halves of the head. At the upper apex there is an integral knop which is decorated with two fine horizontal grooves. At the lower apex the integral shank protrudes. The shank is circular in section, terminates with a broken point and has a collar where it meets the head. The lower portion of the shank is slightly bent. The surface of the shank and knop has traces of a white metal alloy coating. The upper portion of the head has a well developed mid green patina, whereas the lower portion has an abraded red copper corroded surface. The shank also has patches of red copper corrosion. The head measures 9.96mm diameter, and the pin in total is 26.35mm long. It weighs 1.61g.
The pin is probably of an Early Post Medieval date. A similar example is illustrated in Worrell (Post-Medieval Artefacts from Hampshire Unpublished), No. 3.5 and is dated to the late 15th to 16th century. Other pins of a similar hemi-spherical bossed head are illustrated in Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78 East Anglian Archaeology Report), No. 26 to 28. These have filigree decoration and are dated to the late Medieval to early Post Medieval period also. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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