Record ID: WILT-A6CBA4
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle pin, dating to the medieval to post medieval period AD1400- AD 1700. The buckle oval in cross section and would have attached itself to a central bar of a buckle by the open ended hooks. There is also a notable ridge (almost like a decorative boarder) on the main body of the pin, just below the attachment hook. The pins end is pointed, but fairly rounded. The entire object remains undecorated. The pin is 45.12mm in length, 3.85mm in diameter and 3.92g in weight. Please see WILT- 91B037 on the PAS database for similar.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2017
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Record ID: WILT-91B037
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy buckle pin, dating to the medieval to post medieval period AD 1400- AD 1700. The pin oval in cross section and would have attached itself to a central bar of a buckle by the open ended hooks. There is also a notable ridge (almost like a decorative boarder) on the main body of the pin, just below the attachment hook. The pins end is pointed, but fairly rounded. The entire object remains undecorated. The pin is 39.09mm in length, 3.26mm in diameter and 4.85g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th April 2017
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Record ID: WILT-0C614E
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly complete medieval to post-medieval copper-alloy pin, dating to the broad period of AD 1300-1750 . The undecorated head is an oblate spheroid. Below the head is a small elongated collar. The shaft is circular in cross-section and narrows to a sharp point. The shaft has an unatural 90 degree bend to it. There is a chance that this pin has been reworked, possibly to make it shorter. The pin is 28.97mm in overall length; diameter of head: 8.99mm; height of head including collar: 10.23mm; diameter of shaft at its widest: 2.21mm. Weight: 3.92 ExampleS of this pin can be fo…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2016
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Record ID: WILT-5F08EE
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy gilded pin of an uncertain date. A broadly similar parallel can be found in Egan and Pritchard (1991) "Dress Accessories" page 300 No,1476 which suggests a medieval date is possible. Overall, the pin is badly corroded, but the head of the pin can be surely identified as a pentagonal head with five points, four of which form the sides of the shape, and the fifth located at the top of the head. From each of the four side points are fine ridges which follow upwards, towards the central point at the top of the shape. Where the head of the pin has been fixed …
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2016
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