File:Post medieval, Possible bodkin (FindID 281888).jpg

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Post medieval: Possible bodkin
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Surrey County Council, Margaret Broomfield, 2009-12-29 20:41:15
Title
Post medieval: Possible bodkin
Description
English: Dress pin of bodkin type. Bent twice along its length, probably was originally worn. Made of silver, quadrangular section, tapering to a point (broken). At the other end, broken at what would have been a rectangular opening. Decorated on both sides with incised foliate ornament.

Period: Post-Medieval, 17th Century.

Dimensions:Thickness: 2.32 mm
Weight: 6.74 g

Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.

Dora Thornton
Depicted place (County of findspot) Buckinghamshire
Date between 1600 and 1699
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1699-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 281888
Old ref: SUR-A53EF5
Filename: 09.1272.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/233345
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/233345/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/281888
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