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Description: | Ten late medieval - early post medieval copper alloy pins (15th - 16th century). The pins are constructed from drawn wire with a wound wire head globular head. They are of varying lengths and thicknesses. One has a flattened head and is inset with a piece of black enamel or stone.Egan & Forsyth (1997:222) write, "Pins are recovered in abundance from almost all sites yielding 15th and 16th century material. They were indispensably and vast quantities were used in England for fastening clothing and paper and for sewing."Combined weight: 2.67g.Reference: 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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