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Description: | An arm from a copper-alloy purse bar of late 15th to early 16th century AD date; London Museum type A1 (London Museum; 1967; pp.163).The object is circular in section and has a decorative moulding at the end which would have been closest to the central block. At the distal end is a corroded remnant of the missing knob. A decorative panel occupies the outermost two thirds of the bar; it takes the form of a pair of double-incised crosses, with a vertical border at each end, and has a corroded black niello infill. Directly beneath this panel is a damaged attachment plate containing one of the holes onto which the leather purse would have been sewn. The piece measures 66.9mm long, by 12.1mm high and 6.6mm thick; the weight is 22.35g.
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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