Silver gilt Tudor dress pin, 16th century date, with a decorated spherical head, shaft broken, point missing, found by metal detector at Exton, Hampshire. The head is elaborately decorated with applied filigree.
Silver-gilt dress pin
Tudor, 16th century AD
Unearthed by a local metal detectorist at Exton, Hampshire in 2004
The shaft of this dress pin is broken and the point missing. However, the head is elaborately decorated with applied filigree which reflects the lavishness of the costumes worn by the Tudor wealthy.