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Description: | Purse bar arm length 93mm, width 7mm, thickness 8mm, weight 13.41g. This is one arm of a purse bar, where it would have been mounted to the central block is a moulded decoration of two sets of opposing double chevrons, this possibly represent the gaping mouth of a beast. From the mouth of the beast protrudes the arm of the purse, this is circular in cross-section 5mm, 74mm long and has the remains to two loops where the cloth bag of the purse would have been suspended. This artefact dates to the mid 15th century to the mid 16th century. | Subjects: | bar | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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