Accession No
1923.223 A.51
Description
Metal pin or needle, possibly silver. Shaft is flat with rectangular cross-section; head has a round knob terminus with white on the sides, a small circular perforation at the end of the shaft; the eye is oblong with small linear incisions on either long side and sections of long horizontal lines on either side along the shaft. The shaft tapers to a pointed tip.
Place
Europe; ?Western Europe; ?Switzerland; ?Swiss Lakes; ?Southern Europe; ?Italy; ?Italian Lakes
Period
Medieval Post Medieval
Source
Ransom, William [collector]; Ransom, Francis [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1923.223 A.51
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Silver
Local Term
Measurements
138mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1923.233 A[1.85]: 'Bundle of pins, bodkins and needles, of bronze with one of iron.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Patina suggests that these come from the Swiss or Italian Lakes. The majority probably from Swiss Lakes.
Event Date 1923
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Metal pin or needle, possibly silver. Shaft is flat with rectangular cross-section; head has a round knob terminus with white on the sides, a small circular perforation at the end of the shaft; the eye is oblong with small linear incisions on either long side and sections of long horizontal lines on either side along the shaft. The shaft tapers to a pointed tip.
Event Date 24/4/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
Context (Amendments / updates)
Bronze Age in the Period field was added as a tentative blanket statement for all of 1923.223 A.1-85. I have replaced this with Medieval and Post Medieval for this object due to the style.
Event Date 26/4/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:312804
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