Dress pin
- Description
- This is the head of a decorative dress-pin decorated with filigree circles and knops. It originally had a long pin attached and was used by women in their hair or for fastening clothing.
- Accession Loan No.
- 40/2011
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Common Name
- dress pin
- Simple Name
- dress pin
- Full Name
- dress pin with hollow case spherical head, head only
- Dimensions
- diameter 13.76 mm; length 13.4 mm
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Production Year Low
- 1500
- Production Year High
- 1600
- Family Group
- Material
- silver; gilt
- Collection Site Name
- Colyton
- Collection Town
- Colyton
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
