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Description: | A cast copper alloy purse bar fragment. The purse bar is sub-circular in section with a sub-rectangular protrusion along a portion of the lower edge. Both terminals of the bar appear to be broken, but not recently as there are traces of the patina on the break. The bar is decorated with pairs of fine parallel grooves forming lozenges. The sub-rectangular plate protruding from the underside of the bar, and integral to it has three holes. These holes would have been stitched to the fabric of the purse. The surface of the bar is abraded and corroded and only has traces of a dark green/grey patina. The bar measures 42.59mm long and 12.58mm wide. It weighs 14.7g.The object is a fragment a late Medieval purse bar frame. Ward-Perkins in the Museum of London Catalogue comments these frames were not used until the late Medieval period, and illustrates two similar examples (Plate 33) which are dated to the late 15th century. Purse bars with integral attachment plates are classed as Type A, and Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58 p. 43) comments that Type A purse frames were found in 17th century contexts.
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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