Record ID: SUSS-B0E257
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Post Medieval silver dress pin of bodkin type, sub-rectangular in cross section, c. 17th century AD. The bodkin is broken at the upper section at the point where an aperture is beginning to open. On one side below the aperture is a cast design of two transverse grooves, followed by a design made of four lines that cross each other at the centre (made of a '+' and an 'x'). At the base of this are two transverse grooves and perpendicular to this are longitudinal grooves, with a peak of longer grooves to form a triangular shape to point towards the tip of the pin. There is a maker ma…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.