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Description: | An incomplete Post Medieval silver head-dress pin of a type known as bodkin, in two pieces, dating to the 17th century. The pin is broken across the shank and the point is broken and missing. It is also broken across the circular perforation at the opposite end. The surviving length of the pin has a rectangular slot just below the circular perforation at one end. The area between these two perforations is decorated with engraved longitudinal lines with two transverse lines forming a border above and below and again below the rectangular slot. This decoration is on both sides of the pin.Margeson (1993:8) writes that these have previously been called 'bodkins' which is a term generally assumed to relate to needlework. The term applies both to needlework and to head-dress or hair pins. The above type of pin was used as head-dress ornaments in the Low Countries in the first quarter of the 17th century. It is thought they were brought to England by immigrants. Similar examples are also recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database e.g. SWYOR-2DCE54; SUSS-B0E257.As the pin is greater than 300 years old and is more than 10% silver it fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act 1996.Dimensions: complete length: 99.21mm; width: 5.64mm; thickness: 1.27mm; weight: 2.70g.Reference: Margeson, S.1993. Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58.
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