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Witham triple pin set, Anglo-Saxon, late 8th century. This unusual and richly decorated set of linked dress pins is the only surviving triple set. One is a replacement: two have matching layouts with circular holes and plain bars dividing the panels of ornament, while the third has an openwork cross and a rope pattern round the border. All three are finely worked with delicate panels of interlace framing a variety of beasts and birds in profile. The design of every panel is different. Pin sets and single pins, often elaborately decorated, came into fashion in the middle Saxon period and brooches seem to have become less common. It is not easy to see how these three pins were worn, pairs of linked pins would be simply fixed one each side of an opening. The pins were discovered in the river Witham at Fiskerton, Lincolnshire, in 1826.
M AND ME, 1858,11-16,4

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART201072

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 1600px × 1011px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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