Pin with Chain

10th century (Medieval)

1 cm 8.5 cm 0.8 cm

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This silver pin with its polyhedral-shaped head, slip-knot ring, and attached chain is a unique find from Ireland. Another pin was originally attached to the now empty ring on the other end of the chain to form a pair of pins. Paired and chain-linked pins were made in Scandina...

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[Found in Dunshaughlin Crannog, Co. Meath, Ireland, in 1867]; Robert Day, Cork [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Sotheby's, London, May 19-22, 1913, no. 458; William Randolf Hearst, California; Joseph Brummer, Paris; Joseph Brummer Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, May 11-14, 1949, no. 276; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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