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Description: | A silver gilt pin of sixteenth century date. The pin has been bent into a right-angle part way along its shaft. The diameter of the hollow cast pin head is 9.2mm, the diameter of the shaft is 2.1mm and the pin weighs 2.8g. The full length of the shaft when straight would have been c. 54mm. The pin head is divided into two hemispheres with a line of filigree. Each hemisphere is decorated with applied filigree circlets punctuated with spherical knops. One of the smaller filigree circlets and its central boss are missing from the lower (pin end) hemisphere. The pin head is gilded, with the exception of the knops. The shaft is also ungilded. Similar pins which have been through the Treasure Process in recent years include 2003 T99, from Kelling, Norfolk (2003, pp. 123, 236). In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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