|
Date: |
|
Description: | A broken cast copper-alloy pin with spherical filigree head of early post-medieval date (c. 16th century AD). The pin shaft is circular in cross section with a spherical knop at one end which projects just beyond the pin head. The other end is bent through 45 degrees and broken just below the head. The remainer is 22.1mm long by 1.9mm in diameter. The whole piece weighs 1.94 grams.
The head is unusual, in that, unlike other similar examples e.g.HAMP-A136D5, it is hollow with no central ball onto which the filigree was applied. The head is 12.1mm in diameter and divided into hemispheres by a filigree median band. In both hemispheres are three large filigree circles each containing three smaller filigree circles around a raised central pellet. In the spandrels between the large circles and the medain band are further small circles of filigree (one missing) and raised pellets (two missing). The pin emerges from the triangular gaps top and bottom where the three large circles join. It has been bent round and truncated. This trefoil motif can be found paralleled directly in examples found in Norwich (Margeson 1993, 10; refs. 26, 27) and in HAMP-A136D5 on this database. This artefact has corroded to a dull red-brown colour, obvious on the shaft and the knops, with much of the head covered in remains of white metal coating. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
PIN
A broken cast copper-alloy pin…
-
PIN
The slightly squashed head of…
-
PIN
An Early Post-Medieval (1500-1600) copper…
-
Pin
A broken cast copper-alloy pin…
-
PIN
A broken cast copper-alloy pin…
-
PIN
Head and end of th…
-
-
PIN
A complete Post Medieval silver…
-
PIN
Treasure Case 2015 T25: Disclaimed,…
-
PIN
A complete Post Medieval (16th…
|