PAS-5E86D0: Treasure case 2006 T12: Post-Medieval silver head-dress pin of bodkin type from Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire.

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BODKIN

Unique ID: PAS-5E86D0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Report on Post-Medieval silver head-dress pin of bodkin type from Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire. Fragment of a silver pin comprising bent shaft of tapering quadrangular form, broken at eye hole. Incised decoration around eye and inscription, apparently the number 270. Approx length 2.7 cm from tip to bend in shaft. Frequently reported through the Treasure Act, see for example Treasure Annual Report 2003, no. 252. Thought to have been brought from the Low Countries to England by immigrants, as similar pins are found in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, see S. Margeson, Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations, Anglian Archaeological Reports 58, 1993, p. 9. A pin is shown in use in a portrait of an elderly woman by Rembrandt, c.1640, recently sold at Sotheby's, New York, 26 January 2006, see Apollo Magazine, January 2006, p. 89, fig. 3. 17th Century. Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.

Inscription: 270

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2006T12

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1600
Date to: AD 1700

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 2006 T12
Treasure case number: 2006T12

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Shelford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL4552
Four figure Latitude: 52.147258
Four figure longitude: 0.117747
1:25K map: TL4552
1:10K map: TL45SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bland, R.F.	2005	Treasure Annual Report 2003	London	Department for Culture, Media and Sport		no. 252

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Created: 16 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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