Record ID: LON-EEF248
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval gold pin, probably dating 16th - 17th century. The pin has a globular head decorated with filigree raised pellets enclosed within twisted wire rings. The pellets have a flattened head rather than being spherical. The shank has a square cross-section and has been decoratively twisted midway along the shank. The pin is bent out of alignment. The filigree decoration is similar to the larger pins with spherical heads which have been dated 16th - 17th century, for example SWYOR-538566. Dimensions: length: 32.13mm; diameter: 4.03mm; weight: 0.32g. As the pin i…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LON-FD88E7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold pin of unknown date; the pin is slightly bent. The shank is circular in cross-section at the tip, the shank of the pin has a more flattened cross-section. The diameter of the shank gradually declines, towards the point. The head of the pin is roughly square, formed by a flattening of the shank, with a concave impression on one face. This object has been examined, at the British Museum, by the Prehistoric, Roman, Iron Age, Medieval and Post-Medieval curators. It is the consensus that this object cannot be securely dated to a specific period. Due to the undiagnostic nature of th…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sidcup', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-833BD8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold pin head (16th century). Curator's report: Small, heavy gold pin head with hole for attachment to a gold wire. The hemispherical head squashed flat, decorated with applied filigree circlets and knops, and with flower heads made up of small turquoises (identified by Raman spectroscopy) held in claw settings and surrounded by petals of openwork gold decoration made of fine twisted wire. This fascinating pin head suggests the gold prototypes for the silver-gilt types of the 16th Century which are commonly reported through the Treasure Act. Its e…
Created on: Wednesday 29th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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