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Description: | A complete copper-alloy purse bar. The bar short it is 50mm in length and 9mm in width, it has a roughly circular cross-section. This bar has a large square central shank which is decorated on its front face with an incised cross with a circular indentation in each quadrant. The loop is elongated, it is a pointed oval shape and measures 40mm in length and 18mm in width. It has been cast in one with the rove, which passes through the shank. The remains of two loops hang from the bar. Similar purse bars have been published in 'The London Museum' they are classified as type B, and dated to the early 16th century (1940, 167). | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1500
1600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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