Accession No
1895.268
Description
Short copper alloy pin with large ovoid head; stem has squared cross-section.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lakenheath; Undley
Period
Medieval Post Medieval
Source
Jenkinson, Francis John Henry [donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1895.268; MAA: AR 1895.147; B.95.268
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy
Local Term
Measurements
10mm x 36mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label adhered to reverse of display board: 'Undley. 1895. B.95.No268'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten label adhered to display board: 'Unclassed 147 ['Pin' crossed out] (bronze) Undley, Suffolk F.J.H. Jenkinson, M.D.'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Display)
Object previously mounted on display board of hardboard, with metal pins.
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to object: 'Undley'
Event Date
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1895.268-269: 'Two bronze pins; one short with peg top head and square sided short stem; the other with small round head and rounded stem.’
Event Date 1895
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (Field collection)
Undley July 1895
Event Date 7/1895
Author: Heather Donoghue
Context (References)
West, Stanley. (1998). A Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Material from Suffolk. East Anglian Archaeology, EAA 84. p. 79
Event Date 1998
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)
Short copper alloy pin with large ovoid head; stem has squared cross-section.
Event Date 28/4/2025
Author: Heather Donoghue
FM:326792
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