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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy post medieval purse bar frame, Margeson type A. This object represents approximately one half of the bar. The bar is U shaped in section with one side extending into downward turned flange. When viewed in plan the bar has a definite shallow curve. When complete the bar would have had a crescentic shape. It narrows slightly and terminates in an oval fixing loop, now broken, set on the same plan at 90 degrees to the end of the bar. The top of the bar is decorated with an incised crosshatch pattern. The flange is plain and is pierced with five circular fixing holes, four together in a line and one set about 10mm further along, towards the centre of the bar. These would have been used to attach the bar to a leather or fabric purse. Break edges along the bar and fixing loop are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The original surface survives with an even mid green patina. Abraded areas show as lighter green and yellow. The bar has a diameter of 63.04mm across its curve. The loop is 10.96mm long. The bar is 7.84mm at the widest point and 5.74mm thick. It weighs 17.48g. A similar straight bar, though without the terminal loop, is illustrated in Margeson, 1993, Norwich households, figure 24, number 290. Following that example, this purse bar probably dates from the 17th century.
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