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Description: | A Post-Medieval copper-alloy dress-pin with a spherical head with filigree and granulated ornament dating to AD 1500-1600. The shaft is circular in section, narrowing to a sharp point at one end and projecting right through the head at the other. The end slightly projects from the top of the head, a height to the granulations, and is concave at the end face. The shaft is bent in several places but is now 74.4mm long and 1.5mm in diameter.The head is hollow and spherical, 13.4mm in diameter. It is probably made of two hemi-spheres joined together as a gap is visible at one point but the join is covered by a double strand of twisted wire filigree. The upper and lower hemispheres are both decorated with three large circles of twisted wire. Within each large circle and are three small twisted wire circles and a pellet (granule) in the cntre. Some pellets are missing or moved and a few circles are incomplete but scars show their previous location. Where each of the large circles join around the hemi-spheres is a further pellet and in the triangular spandrel between the large circles and the central line. The head is corroded with traces of gilding or a white metal coating in places. The entire piece weighs 2.85 grams.This type of pin is often made of silver-gilt and frequently recorded as Treasure. For example, see finds from: East Lyng, Somerset (2000 T253; TAR 2000: no.192); Wilmington, Devon (2004 T94; TAR 2004: no. 287); Freshwater, Isle of Wight (Treasure 2013 T82; PAS IOW-930A63) and Newport, Isle of Wight (Treasure 2013 T625; PAS IOW-45CD50). Copper alloy examples are also recorded on this database such as IOW-EF6C57 and NMS-1CD938, both with very similar decoration to this example.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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