Accession No

1905.51


Description

Copper alloy pin with flat top in the form of arrow fletching. Circular perforation through centre top.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Station Road


Period

?Post Medieval


Source


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1905.51


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

8mm x 64mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to pin head: 'A bronze pin. Cambridge'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Related Documents)
Pencil inscription on reverse of display board: 'Bronze pin. A bronze pin, Cambridge'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label adhered to front of display board: 'Bronze pin. Cambridge, 1904'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Display)
Object previously mounted on display board of hardboard, with metal pins.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Field collection)
Accession Register: 'Found in one of the gardens of Sailsbury Villas, Station Road about May, 1904.'
Event Date 1904
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: A bronze pin, in the form of an arrow: the head is drilled for suspension.
Event Date 1905
Author: Heather Donoghue


Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (Physical description)
Copper alloy pin with flat top in the form of arrow fletching. Circular perforation through centre top.
Event Date 1/4/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue


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