Record ID: ESS-FC8CFB
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt pin head, originally part of a dress pin, the pin shaft is missing. The head is spherical and decorated with silver filigree. A raised band separates the two hemispheres of the head, each containing a central pellet surrounded by four smaller pellets and four filigree circles. There is a pellet between each circle. Inside each circle is a central pellet and four smaller circles. Several pellets are now missing or damaged. Dimensions: Weight: 1.9g. Diameter: 10.4mm. Discussion: Dress pins with spherical heads and decorated with filigree are frequently reported th…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2020
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Record ID: ESS-6E12B6
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy hair pin head, Post-Medieval (c. 1500 -1650). The pin head and a small portion of the pin remain. The head is spherical in shape, and the surface is decorated with a raised filigree design. The design is split across two hemispheres, which are identical. The hemispheres are separated by a linear band of filigree. Each hemisphere contains a design incorporating three large circles which meet at the bottom and top of the pin head, and which have small raised knops in their centres. In the angles of the touching circles closest to the linear division line, there are sma…
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2017
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Record ID: ESS-B0873D
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt pin comprising head and shaft. The shaft is circular in section and tapers to a narrow point. It is misshapen. The head is spherical with a slight ridge around the centre separating the hemispheres. The head is decorated with repeating circular filigree patterning immediately above and below the central ridge, with a filigree circle at the top containing a small decorative knop. Directly opposite this point on the underside of the sphere is where the shaft and pin head meet. Dimensions: weight: 1.32g, length(bent): 26.7mm, length(original): approx.. 54.2mm, diameter(pi…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
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Record ID: ESS-05ACF8
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete silver gilded hair pin of probable early post-medieval date (c. 16th century). The pin head is composed of a solid sphere with the upper and lower hemispheres defined by a band of decorative filigree. Each hemisphere features three large filigree circles, each of which contain three smaller filigree circles with a small spherical raised knop in the centre. There are also smaller filigree circles with these raised knops in the areas outside of and between the larger circle designs. The pin attachment is bent out of shape but is intact otherwise and tapers to …
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Easter', grid reference and parish protected.