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Description: | Fragment of Middle Saxon/Late Saxon head of gilt ball-headed pin (approximate diameter 16-7mm), incomplete lower part decorated with lower halves of four S-shaped double spirals. Collar around inserted rolled shank in the base the pin head comprises two bands of plain and filigree wire. The tapering fragment of shank (>15mm) survives within remains of the head and is broken flush with the collar.
The dating of ball-headed pins has been discussed by Margeson (1995). Spiral wire decoration appears to indicate an 8th or possibly 9th-century date for this example (Margeson Ball-Headed Pins: A Typological Puzzle, 161-5 in A. Longcroft and R. Joby (eds.)) | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 700
900 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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