A Silver Headdress Pin Or Bodkin, Unmarked, Probably English, Mid 17th Century elongated and tapering, of rectangular profile

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A SILVER HEADDRESS PIN OR BODKIN, UNMARKED, PROBABLY ENGLISH, MID 17TH CENTURY elongated and tapering, of rectangular profile, with hatched engraving and a pierced figure-of-eight motif and two lacing slots with a thistle motif between, pierced terminal, 17cm long Although commonly termed bodkins and thought to be used for lacing ribbons and cords, it has been proposed that these pins originated as a fastener for a diadem or cap, seen in Dutch portraits of the second quarter of the 17th century, often with a jewel suspended on the forehead from the pierced terminal.