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Description: | Complete cast copper-alloy purse-frame. Short circular-sectioned bar, shield-shaped central boss. Ends of bar with niello decoration. Suspension loop fitted through central boss and bar and secured with a copper-alloy washer. Moulded decoration consists of three horizontal bars below loop. Heavy file-marks on central bar and undersides of central boss. Oval frame secured onto frame by irregular-shaped copper-alloy washers with heavy filing marks. The reverse of the frame has twelve loops for attachment of purse; seven of which retain thin copper-alloy wire. The decoration of the central boss and frame is as follows: (Front) the central boss has two oblique incised lines at the bottom and niello decoration to define the shield shape and one central vertical line running from top to just beyond the centre. The frame has symmetrical sets of two incised grooves at the top and centre. At the bottom centre there are four vertical lines, with four diagonal lines across and two longer oblique lines at either side. These lines do not extend around the frame. (Reverse) the central boss has an incised shield-shaped motif formed by five lines and niello decoration. In the centre there are two rows with two circular dots each. The reverse of the frame is not decorated . Heavy file marks. | Subjects: | LMMC 1940 Type B1 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Worrell, Sally - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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