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Description: | An incomplete silver-gilt dress-pin with hollow cast spherical head and applied filigree decoration. The hollow pin head is divided into two hemispheres by a transverse band. In each of the hemispheres are three filigree circlets that contain three smaller circlets forming a trefoil with a knop at their centre. Each of the three larger circlets is separated by a filigree circle and a knop. There is an additional, larger, knop at the top of the head. A short length of the shaft survives, and the start of a probably deliberate bend is visible, however, the remainder is now lost due to old breaks.The pin measures 23mm in height (including pin).This dress-pin is of a type commonly recorded under the Treasure Act. There are a number of close parallels all dated to the 16th century, notably two from Bury St. Edmunds (2008 T104 and 2004 T99 (Treasure Annual Report 2004: no. 292), one from Norfolk (2003 T99; Treasure Annual Report 2003: no. 246), and one from Brailes, Warwickshire (2004 T448; Treasure Annual Report 2004: no. 295).The precious metal content of this bodkin fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10 %.
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