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Description: | The slightly squashed head of a copper-alloy pin with spherical decoration of early post-medieval date (c. 16th century AD). It is divided into hemispheres by a filigree median band. In both hemispheres are three adjoining filigrees circles each with a further three circles within around a raised central pellet. There is a large knop at the centre of the upper hemisphere. On the lower hemisphere the circular-section shaft emerges from this point, but is now vestigial. There are further knops where the circles' circumferences meet with a small filigree circle below each. This trefoil motif can be found paralleled directly in examples found in Norwich (Margeson 1993, 10; refs. 26, 27) and recorded on this database, e.g. ref. HAMP-A136D5. This artefact has corroded to a dull red-brown colour, obvious on the shaft and the knops, with much of the head covered in off-white and light-green corrosion product. Very slight traces of gilt are present in places.
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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