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Description: | An early Post Medieval copper alloy pin (1500-1600 AD). The head of the pin is a pointed oval with the point decorated towards the shaft. The hollow head of the pin is decorated with twisted wire and pellets. The pin is divided in two halves by a circumferential strand of wire. The top half is decorated with three rings, within each ring is a further three rings arranged around a central pellet. The lower half is decorated with a band of rings with a pellet above and below the junction of each adjacent ring; below this are pointed ovals, all worked out in twisted wire. The pin shaft goes straight through the hollow head and there is a collar at the junction between the head and the shaft. Just below the head the shaft has been curved round, probably deliberately to provide more grip on fine fabrics. The copper alloy has a pale green patina.
Dimensions: length (bent) 73.70mm; diameter of head: 13.18mm; weight: 3.63g | 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: | 1500
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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