Record ID: WMID-8AFDE0
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete but bent silver bodkin. The bodkin has been bent in two places. The first bend is at the top, halfway down the square eye and it has been bent approximately 180 degrees. The second bend is around the two thirds down the length and is at an angle of approximately 60 degrees. The bodkin was originally rectangular, flat, and tapers down to a blunt point. At the top of the bodkin, there is a circular ear scoop. Beneath this is an oval section. Below this an vertical square eye. A double horizontal groove is present on both sides beneath the eye. Engraved decoratio…
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-FE7F7D
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver twisted bodkin of Post Medieval dating (AD 1600 to AD 1700). Around 25% of the bodkin or toilet article is present, consisting of part of the shaft and an incomplete eye. The eye would have been sub square in shape, with a rounded terminal. Below the eye, the shaft has a rectangular cross section. The shaft has been twisted with an 'S' twist and extended down to a square cross section. It measures 39.9 mm in length, 3.8 mm wide and 5.6 mm thick. It weighs 1.9 g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brewood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F16806
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, but bent, silver bodkin or dress-pin, of Post medieval dating (AD 1500 to AD 1650). The bodking exhibits an acute 25 degree bend, located around the mid point of the bodkin, resulting in it being folded almost in half. The bodkin has a rectangular sectioned shaft, with bevelled (slightly facetted) edges on both sides. The shaft tapers to a blunt tip. The head of the bodkin has a rounded tip with a small bowl / ear scoop terminal. Below the ear scoop is a sub triangular panel, with a single vertical incised line and a single pierced hole (diameter: 2.0 mm). This decorati…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malvern Hills', grid reference and parish protected.