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Description: | Part of a silver pin, of the type know as a bodkin. It is an elongated hexagon in section and is a slightly tapering rectangle in plan. At the complete end is a small trefoil knop above a circular suspension hole. The hole is in the centre of a square panel incised with a cross (+). A pair of incised transverse lines mark the beginning of a rectangular panel which contains an incised flower, and there is another pair of lines at the othe end of this panel. Next is a rectangular slot or eye, and then a second area with floral decoration, identical to the first. Part of a second slot survives, but the bodkin is broken and the pointed end is missing. There are tiny triangular dashes punched round the edges of the slots. The decoration on the reverse is the same as that on the front.Although the lack of maker's marks makes this bodkin more difficult to date, the engraved decoration and its form is very similar to other examples of 17th century date. Examples on the database include PAS-5F4417, SUR-641352, SWYOR-BDBBA0, SF-FFCFC6.The precious metal content of this bodkin fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10 %.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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