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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy purse frame. The frame fragment is a right angle in cross-section and has a slightly curved profile to it. One side is decorated with a pair of nielloed zig-zagged lines. The other has a single hole in it through which the bag would have been sewn.It is 55.7mm long, 5.2mm wide and 5.0mm thick; it weighs 8.51.Ward Perkins (1940:169) suggest metal framed purses become popular in towards the end of the 15th century and drop out of use by the end of the 16th.
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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