Hairpins in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance

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For a method of construction for the hairpin in Dress Accessories 1150-1450, see Hiusneula Lontoosta / Hairpins from London. See also additional hairpins in the Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Database. Roman hairpins Also MoL 498, ETN88[49]<14>, ETN88[49]<15> Bronze hair-pin (and descriptions of other Roman hair-pins and ornaments) Roman bone hairpin with carved head of Vibia Sabina, c. 43-410 Roman bone hairpin with a portrait of Vibia Sabina, c. 43-450 Bone hairpin showing a female head with an elaborate hair style, c. 100? Silver hairpin with figure of Venus (British Museum P&EE 1883 5-9 2), Roman Britain, 1st or 2nd century An assortment of Gallo-Roman hairpins from the 1st-5th centuries, in bronze, copper, or ivory Bone hairpin with a bust of Minerva (MoL A17638), early 2nd century, found in London Silver hairpin with hand holding a fruit (British Museum P&EE 1934 12-10 21), Roman Britain, 2nd century Hairpins, including a carved head hairpin and Cupid hairpin found in the Dorchester Hospital excavations, most dating to the 2nd-3rd centuries Silver hairpin with a bird, Roman Britain, 4th-5th century Bone hairpin found at Venta Icenorum, Norfolk Silver-coated copper-alloy hairpin-head with a male human head A bronze hairpin (SHM 27220) found in Sweden A hairpin found at Stonehenge Golden hair ornament with emeralds, 1st-4th century Golden hair ornament, 1st-4th century Bronze hairpins from the 5th-7th centuries A headdress-pin in the Domagnano Treasure, Ostragothic, late 5th-early 6th century Hair pin with a cloisonné bird, Frankish, early 6th century Two Frankish hairpins with birds, c. 401-775 Hairpin with a bird's head from a Frankish tomb, partially-gilt silver with a garnet, 6th century Bone pins Bone pin found at Jarlshof in Shetland, c. 500-850 Bone pin carved with a cross, found at Jarlshof in Shetland, c. 600-1000 Bone pin from a Viking boy's grave in the Outer Hebrides, c. 600-1000 Animal-headed Pictish pin found on the island of Kerrara, c. 700-900 Bone pin found at Jarlshof in Shetland, c. 850-1100 Bone pin (for fastening a cloak?), Viking Britain Bone pin from Orkney, c. 850-1000 Bone pin carved with a cross, found at Jarlshof in Shetland, c. 850-1100 Iron hairpin, Sweden, High Middle Ages to 1600 Copper-alloy medieval hairpin found at the York Buildings, Southampton Silver hairpins, China, 13th-17th centuries Jade and glass hairpins, China, 14th-19th centuries A hairpin (and false hair attached to a tablet-woven fillet) from medieval London Carved ivory hair pin, Italy, 14th century Carved ivory hair pin, 14th-15th century Iron hairpin, Sweden, late Middle Ages Hairpin attributed to Catherine de Medici and found at Fontainbleau Palace Met 1975.1.1525 is a pair of hairpins either from the late 16th century or the 19th century

Hair-Pins

For a method of construction for the hairpin in Dress Accessories 1150-1450, see Hiusneula Lontoosta / Hairpins from London.

Roman hairpins

Also MoL 498, ETN88[49]<14>, ETN88[49]<15>

Bronze hair-pin (and descriptions of other Roman hair-pins and ornaments)
Roman bone hairpin with carved head of Vibia Sabina, c. 43-410
Roman bone hairpin with a portrait of Vibia Sabina, c. 43-450
Bone hairpin showing a female head with an elaborate hair style, c. 100?
Silver hairpin with figure of Venus (British Museum P&EE 1883 5-9 2), Roman Britain, 1st or 2nd century
An assortment of Gallo-Roman hairpins from the 1st-5th centuries, in bronze, copper, or ivory
Bone hairpin with a bust of Minerva (MoL A17638), early 2nd century, found in London
Silver hairpin with hand holding a fruit (British Museum P&EE 1934 12-10 21), Roman Britain, 2nd century
Hairpins, including a carved head hairpin and Cupid hairpin found in the Dorchester Hospital excavations, most dating to the 2nd-3rd centuries
Silver hairpin with a bird, Roman Britain, 4th-5th century
Bone hairpin found at Venta Icenorum, Norfolk
Silver-coated copper-alloy hairpin-head with a male human head
A bronze hairpin (SHM 27220) found in Sweden

A hairpin found at Stonehenge
Golden hair ornament with emeralds, 1st-4th century
Golden hair ornament, 1st-4th century
Bronze hairpins from the 5th-7th centuries
A headdress-pin in the Domagnano Treasure, Ostragothic, late 5th-early 6th century
Hair pin with a cloisonné bird, Frankish, early 6th century
Two Frankish hairpins with birds, c. 401-775
Hairpin with a bird's head from a Frankish tomb, partially-gilt silver with a garnet, 6th century

Bone pins

Bone pin found at Jarlshof in Shetland, c. 500-850
Bone pin carved with a cross, found at Jarlshof in Shetland, c. 600-1000
Bone pin from a Viking boy's grave in the Outer Hebrides, c. 600-1000
Animal-headed Pictish pin found on the island of Kerrara, c. 700-900
Bone pin found at Jarlshof in Shetland, c. 850-1100
Bone pin (for fastening a cloak?), Viking Britain
Bone pin from Orkney, c. 850-1000
Bone pin carved with a cross, found at Jarlshof in Shetland, c. 850-1100

Iron hairpin, Sweden, High Middle Ages to 1600
Copper-alloy medieval hairpin found at the York Buildings, Southampton
Silver hairpins, China, 13th-17th centuries
Jade and glass hairpins, China, 14th-19th centuries
A hairpin (and false hair attached to a tablet-woven fillet) from medieval London
Carved ivory hair pin, Italy, 14th century
Carved ivory hair pin, 14th-15th century
Iron hairpin, Sweden, late Middle Ages
Hairpin attributed to Catherine de Medici and found at Fontainbleau Palace
Met 1975.1.1525 is a pair of hairpins either from the late 16th century or the 19th century