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Description: | Fragment of Late Medieval copper alloy purse frame, L-shaped in section with lattice work (double grooves) decoration on one side and three holes (for sewing the cloth purse to) on the other. Straightened, it would measure c.100mm. It is 8mm wide.The lattice work would have originally been filled with niello, which is silver in colour and would have contrasted with the coppery colour of the frame.Probably London Museum (1940) Type A1, which dates to the second half of the 15th century. Cf. Read 2001 nos.907-909.
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