Record ID: LON-D92F72 - POST MEDIEVAL pin

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Unique ID: LON-D92F72

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of An early Post Medieval silver gilt incomplete ball-headed pin dating 1500-1600

An early Post Medieval silver gilt incomplete ball-headed pin dating 1500-1600. Only the spherical head remains of this pin, the shaft is missing. The head is hollow and there is a circular hole in the base for articulation with pin shaft. The head is decorated with six filigree large rings; three above a circumferential ridge around the midline and three below. These rings above and below the circumferential ridge are arranged so that each lower ring is set in the space between the two above. Inside each ring there are three smaller rings arranged around a central pellet. At the peak of the head there is a small filigree ring with a pellet inside. In between each of the large rings there is a smaller ring with a pellet above abutting the circumferential ridge. A large proportion of gilding remains.

Dimensions: diameter: 13.27mm; weight: 2.78g.

Cross reference with 2004T372 from Buckinghamshire where the decoration is the same.

As the pin is greater than 300 years old and is more than 10% silver it fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act 1996.

Reference: Treasure Annual Report 2004. Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Cultural Property Unit.

Class: Ball-headed

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2011T85

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Weight: 2.78 g
Diameter: 13.27 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Gold [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Hand made [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Decoration style: Geometric [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Gilded [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East
County: Essex
District: Epping Forest
Parish: Chigwell

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ4594
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From finder
Grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Kate Sumnall - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2011T85

References cited

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