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Description: | Fragment from a copper alloy Medieval to Post-Medieval purse bar. A short length of the bar survives intact, the remainder missing due to old breaks. It is V-shaped in section with a circular perforation for the suspension of the purse still visible at one end of the fragment. The opposing side of the frame, presumably the exterior surface, has moulded and incised cross-hatched decoration that may once have had inlaid niello or similar decoration that is now missing due to old breaks. The fragment measures 61.96mm in length, 8.32mm in width, 5.61mm in thickness, and weighs 12.04g.
Medieval purse bar frames such as this are popular from the 15th century onwards. This example is of LMMC Type A (see London Museum Medieval Catalogue, 1967: pp. 162-167) that are in use from the 15th century onwards, with a close parallel noted in Medieval Norwich (Margeson, 1993: no. 290). It dates to between the 15th and 17th centuries AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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