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Description: | Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy purse bar. The bar has a central oval knop with another oval knop below and a bar above terminating in the remains of a loop (majority lost to old break). There is a central bar through the two oval knops which probably joins to the top bar and once rotated but it is now solid with corrosion products. The central knop is decorated with inlaid neillo; on one side it is in the shape of three V's one above the other joined by a central vertical line; on the other side is the remains of a lozenge divided into four small lozenges
From either side of the central knop extends circular sectioned arms. The arms have remains of two collars by the central knop and tube shaped collars ont he outer halves with broken remains of attachment plates on the lower side. The central core of the arm on which the tubes swivelled are visible at the end although the terminals are missing. The remaining complete surfaces are decorated with a criss cross patten formed of two parallel lines of inlaid neillo. At the end of the bar is a transverse circle of the double inlaid lines. It is 136.3mm long, the arms are c.8.9mm in diameter and the central section is 33.5mm long by 13.9mm wide. It weighs 49.30 grams.
It is probably of Type A1 with the worn collars at the central ends of the arms being debased remains of animal heads. Type A1 is dated to the late 15th century. (Ward Perkins, J, 1940 Museum of London Medieval Catalogue, pp160-165, Plate XXXIII) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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