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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar of Late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date (AD 1450 ?? AD 1550). Ward Perkins Type B1. Length: 61.0mm; width: 40.3mm and maximum thickness, across the central block, 10.2mm. Weight: 33.54g.
The suspension loop is complete but slightly distorted and is an elongated oval shape being narrower at the bottom than at the top. Its maximum width is 19.2mm and it has a thickness of 5.6mm. At the base of the loop is an integral tri-ribbed collar. The shank below the loop is 20.0mm in length and is circular in cross-section with a diameter of about 4.0mm. It terminates with a ??rove?? which is domed on the underside where the shank has been burred over. The central block through which the shank passes measures 14.0mm x 17.1mm x 8.9mm and in plan has six sides forming a shield-shape. As viewed from above (or below) it has a rectangular form. The complete bar (arm) has an overall length of 14.5mm. At its junction with the central block the bar is in the form of a devolved ??gripping animal head?? similar to those found on Type A1 purse bars. An old fracture is situated at each side of the head. The end of the bar terminates with a domed rove very similar to the one at the end of the shank. The bar in the space between the animal head and the rove retains a small portion of the purse frame. The incomplete bar has an old break at the end of the animal head where the frame would have been secured.
This purse bar is generally corroded overall and has patches of a khaki green patina. The front and rear faces of the central block have traces of tinning. However, there is no evidence for any further decoration. Linear striations on one face of the central block may have been created as a result of filing. The bar is very similar to one illustrated by Ward Perkins 1940, ??London Museum Medieval Catalogue?? 167-8, fig. 52, ref. B1 which is dated late 15th or early 16th century.
Other similar, Type B1 purse bars have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds from Westwood Parish, Wiltshire (WILT-D1C432), Tong Parish, Shropshire (WMID-13EA61), Coldwaltham Parish, West Sussex (SUSS-238704), Upton Parish, Nottinghamshire (DENO-2BDD37) and Mettingham Parish, Suffolk (NMS-6EEEE1). | Subjects: | Bar | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Basford, Frank - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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