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Description: | A complete post-Medieval silver-gilt dress-pin with filigree and granulated ornament (1500-1600). Treasure case no. 2013 T625.This complete pin has a hollow cast spherical head with applied filigree and granulated ornament in the form of circlets punctuated by granulated knops. The pin head is divided into two hemispheres by an equatorial transverse soldered join. On each of the hemispheres are three filigree circlets that contain a single central knop. The spaces between the circlets, close to the join, contain a smaller circlet with a central knop. The shaft of the tapering pin is circular in cross-section and is bent at an angle of about 90°. It is slightly worn on the upper hemisphere.c. 57.0mm (overall length if straightened); 6.72mm (height of head); 8.27mm (diameter of head); 1.93mm (diameter of shaft beneath the head). Weight: 2.54g.This type of silver-gilt pin is frequently recorded as Treasure. For example, see finds from: Lenham, Kent (2002 T190; TAR 2002: no. 143); Cholsey, Oxfordshire (2000 T214; TAR 2000: no. 191); East Lyng, Somerset (2000 T253; TAR 2000: no.192); Wilmington, Devon (2004 T94; TAR 2004: no. 287); Northchapel, West Sussex (2004 T38; TAR 2004: no. 293); Brailes, Warwickshire (2004 T448; TAR 2004: no. 295); Durnford, Wiltshire (2007 T89; TAR 2007: no. 334); Beccles area, Suffolk (2008 T445; TAR 2008: no. 384); Kettlethorpe, Lincolnshire (2008 T 521; TAR 2008: no. 385) and Newport, Isle of Wight (Treasure: 2013 T82; PAS: IOW-930A63).
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