Dress pin
Acc.no: PEZPH : 2017.18
Identification
Item: Silver gilt dress pin
Description: Incomplete silver gilt dress hook with a tear-shaped backplate and pinked edge, with perforations for sewing to a textile.A hook is soldered on to the backplate, which would have hooked through a corresponding eye on the opposite dress fitting. The raised hollow-caste cushion is decorated with circles of filigree, a filigree heart and fleurettes.
Condition: Fair
Description
Length: 28 mm
Height: Thickness: 6 mm
Width: 17.5mm
Diameter: 18 mm
Material: Silver gilt
Production
Date: 1600
Period: 16th century
Category: Archaeology
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