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Description: | Description: The spherical head of a post medieval silver gilt dress pin, the head is hollow and divided into two hemispheres by a transverse band. Each hemisphere is decorated with three circlets in filigree with a smaller circle of filigree between them. There is also a further cluster of three smaller circles of filigree within each circlet. There are small silver circular knops in the centre of these three smaller circles and between the circlets as well as a larger knop at the top of the head. There is a circular hole in the underside of the head, which would have accommodated the now missing shaft originally. Discussion: This pin head is very similar to other examples all dated to the 16th century, examples include one from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, 2004 T99 (Treasure Annual Report 2004, no 292) and another from Brailes, Warwickshire 2004 T 448 (Treasure Annual Report 2004, no 295) Dimensions: 11.69mm in height and 9.55mm in width, 1.29g in weight. The precious metal content of this pinhead fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10 %.
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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