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Post-Medieval silver pin
Silver bodkin-type dress-pin with ear scoop on one end, and tapering to a point at the other end. The shaft has a flattened quadrangular cross-section, and engraved on both sides between the head and threading hole is a flower-head motif, with a flower repeated below the eye. Approximately half way down the shaft is a small stamp bearing the intials T.G or I.G.
The pin is bent, with a break at the bottom of the eye.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2016.6H
Find Information
Site Name: St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2011 / August
Notes: Found during an arranged metal-detecting rally, the bodkin was found on a ploughed field about 6 inches below the surface.
Acquisition
Treasure (1996 Treasure Act)
Measurements
maximum length / mm:108
length / mm
maximum width / mm:4
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:1.7
thickness / mm
weight / g:5.971
Techniques
engraved
Material
silver
Location
In store
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