Record ID: LANCUM-76A274
Object type: PIN CUSHION
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval white metal zoomorphic object, probably a pin cushion or salt cellar or toy. It has repoussé decoration resembling the fleece or fur coat of an animal. The object is shaped like an animal, probably a sheep, looking back over it's shoulder, and is hollow. The head, ends of two of the legs, the back and tail are absent. If it was originally a pincushion or salt then there would have been a void on the back where the pad of the pincushion or the liner of the salt would have been housed. Dates to between c1500 and c1900 AD. The length is 25mm, width 17mm, and the weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Keswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-E84918
Object type: PIN CUSHION
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A modern (19th Century) copper alloy pin cushion in the form of a shoe decorated with an incised rose on the toe and foliate decoration around the entire "shoe"..
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
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Record ID: NLM-2DBCF3
Object type: PIN CUSHION
Broad period: MODERN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Pincushion. A zoomorphic design representing a hollow hedgehog with quills, eyes and ears, snout, and feet modelled; the finder kindly reports that the internal cavity formerly retained a lump of pumice stone [now lost] which would have sharpened pins as they were inserted and withdrawn. The object comprises a body of two beaten silver halves joined below by an oval plate, with cast four-clawed feet inserted into round holes of diameter 3.6mm; the pair of back feet remain in place but the front feet are lost. Hallmarked with maker's initials on the upper left flank: A&LL [an…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2013
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