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Description: | A very worn and corroded Type A1 medieval purse bar, dating to the Late 15th century. The purse bar is incomplete and has broken into two pieces, the break looks relatively fresh. The purse bar is made of copper-alloy and the engraved lines have been infilled with niello. The purse bar has a circular loop, which has been cast as one with the shank. The loop has broken and only three-quarters of the loop survives. There appears to be some internal wear on the loop and the break looks old. The shank ends in a definite separate chunky rove. The block is small and globular, due to the wear it is difficult to see if the block has been decorated. Either side of the block there is a very stylised animals head with open mouth, from which the arms emerge. The arms have a circular section, which are partly decorated with double criss-cross engravings filled with niello. The first 17-8mm (from the block) of the arms appear to be undecorated. The whole section which is decorated with the criss-cross appears to begin and end with a transverse line. Where the lines survive they all appear to be engraved and inlaid with niello. No attachment plates survive. One arm has been bent causing stress to the metal (the arm has broken off - but survives as a separate artefact). The break shows fresh metal. The other arm extends for 69mm, it has lost it's terminal. The arm, which has broken, survive only to a length of approximately 29mm. The arm which has broken off measures 47.2mm. At the end of this arm the cross section changes to a much narrower cross section, which holds the terminal. The terminal is a truncated cone shape. The gap between the arm and the terminal would have held the purse frame in position. The main bar weighs 55.7g and the broken off arm weighs 13.2g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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