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Description: | Report on fragment from a post-medieval dress pin from Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire.The top end of a silver dress pin of bodkin type, comprising knop with pierced hole beneath it for suspension, and upper part of rectangular opening. Engraved decoration of hatched and cross-hatched lines. Length: 2.3cm. Date: 17th Century. Of a type commonly reported through the Treasure Act, thought to have been introduced to England by immigrants; similar pins are recorded from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex.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.
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