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Description: | A late Medieval - Post Medieval copper alloy pin (15th - 16th century). This pin is constructed from a drawn wire shaft with a wound wire head forming a spiral pattern.Egan and Forsyth (1997:224) note that these pins were made throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. Similar pins are also recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database - LON-F26068.Dimensions; Diameter: 21.10mm Weight: 0.05gReference: Egan, G. and Forsyth, H. 1997. Wound Wire and Silver Gilt. In Gaimster, D. & Stamper, P. 1997. The Age of Transition. The Archaeology of English Culture 1400-1600. Society Medieval Archaeology Monograph 15 (Oxbow Monograph Series 98) Oxbow, Oxford.
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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