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Description: | Treasure 2008 T584 Post Medieval silver pin head, with traces of gilding.Post Medieval (16th century) globular pin head, cast in silver with gilding. There is a small circular depression where the shaft would have extended from. The pinhead is divided into two hemispheres by a raised band. Each hemisphere has four raised circular domes surrounded by a beaded border. There is an integrally cast knop between each dome and the dividing border, one of which is missing from the lower hemisphere. The upper hemisphere has an additional knop at its apex. It is 10.60mm long, 10.92mm in diameter and weighs 2.94 grams.British Museum Report:Silver-gilt pin head from a dress pin, shaft broken off at head. Decorated on each hemisphere with large gilt lobes with cable ornament around them and knops in between.Part of a 16th Century dress pin of a kind frequently reported through the Act. For a very similar pin see TAR 2005-6, no. 789.As such, due to its age and precious metal content, this object qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections The British Museum
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