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Description: | A post-medieval silver head-dress pin of the bodkin type, now bent in several places, rectangular in section and tapering widthways to a blunt point. The rounded upper end has a circular piercing above a rectangular slot. The engraved decoration, which is alike on both faces and very worn, consists of three plant fronds above two transverse lines before the rectangular slot, and two pairs of transverse lines with crosshatching between, followed by longitudinal lines of varying length and a chevron pointing towards the tip below the slot. There is no trace of a makers mark. Original length c.130mm. Width 5mm. Thickness 3mm. Weight 10.2g. 17th century.
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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