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Description: | Incomplete cast lead alloy (pewter?) decorative pin head of probable late Post Medieval date, 1600-1800. The pin head is irregular in plan; being broadly cylindrical with two projecting knops at one end. In profile the head is sub-rectangular and in cross section an irregular oval. It measures 24.8mm length, maximum diameter of 11.9mm and weighs 8.55 grams.
The pinhead has been decorated with a number of cast designs. The majority of these consist of horizontal rounded ribs or bands. In total there are four of these of varying sixes. The head of the pin is domed and from the upper edges either side of the central dome small (horn-like) knops project. These have been worn in the ploughsoil. At the opposite end / base of the pin is a short cylindrical collar. Through this collar a small hole (diameter 4.3mm, depth 8.8mm) has been cast which projects into the base of the pin head. The pin shaft would have fitted into this hole. The pin head is a mid grey colour with a large number of light grey white areas of active lead corrosion. It is possible that the pin head may have been tinned, however if this was the case very little of this applied surface survives. The edges of the artefact have also been abraded; this has resulted with the profile becoming irregular. A direct parallel for this artefact has not been found, hence the late post medieval or early modern dating. | 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: | 1600
1800 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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