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Description: | A cast copper alloy Type A2 medieval purse bar. This purse bar dates to the late 15th - early 16th century. Very little of the purse bar actually still survives. The terminal of one bar remains. Two attachment loops also still survive and hang down from the main bar. The bar has broken off before the central block. The break is worn. The bar has been inscribed with the religious statement GRACIA on one side PENA on the other (with a spiral motif after the A). Only part of the inscription survives but this in full would have read [AVE MARIA] GRACIA P[L]ENA ' Hail Mary full of grace'.The bar has a rectangular cross-section and swells at the terminal proper, before there is a step and the bar narrows to a thin circular sectioned rod, on which the frame would have been attached. The metal is pitted and is a mid reddish-brown colour. Similar purse bars are discussed in the Medieval Catalogue (1967), p165.
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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