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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Type A1 purse bar. Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval, late fifteenth to early sixteenth century date (AD 1475 - AD 1525). Length 58mm, maximum width 110mm and maximum thickness 12mm. Weight 64.83g.Part of each arm and both terminals are lost. The central block is shield-shaped and is about 16mm in length, 16mm in width and 12mm thick. The loop, shank and the rove are corroded and welded together due to corrosion. Consequently, the loop and shank cannot swivel. The loop is circular in plan and has an outer diameter of 29mm and an internal diameter of 19mm It is circular in cross-section with a diameter of about 6mm. At the junction of the central block and each arm is the characteristic animal head grasping the arm in its mouth. These elements classify the purse bar as a Type A1. The arms are both sub-rectangular in cross-section. The surviving parts of the two arms are of unequal length. Beneath the longer of the two surviving parts is an integral attachment plate which has two partial circular perforations. The shield is decorated on both faces with linear grooves. However, there are only scant remains of these and, due to corrosion, it not possible to determine what the complete design would originally have been. The arms are also decorated with oblique linear grooves and these are also obscured corrosive deposits. However, two of the grooves on the longer arm are filled with decayed niello. There does not appear to have been an inscription on the arms, but due to corrosion this is not certain.The piece is in poor condition and a patina has not survived. The surfaces are mainly covered with green corrosion products.
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