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Description: | A cast copper alloy Type A1 medieval purse bar.
This purse bar dates to the late 15th ? early 16th century.
Very little of the purse bar actually still survives. One bar remains intact, but it is missing its terminal. The attachment plate also survives, but it is damaged. One hole survives intact in the attachment plate, the second hole has caused a weak spot and this is where the attachment plate has broken.
Where the bar has been attached to the central block, the bars terminates with a stylised animal head collar, which has been formed from moulded copper alloy. The bar has been decorated with an engraved, double cross-hatching design, which would have been inlaid with niello. The niello has mineralised back to silver.
The other bar has broken off just after the stylised animal head collar. The break is worn and corroded.
The central block is circular and has been decorated with two incised lines crossed over each other, on one side. The other side of the block has been decorated with a double incised V. Both features have been inlaid with niello.
The rove is still in situ under the block, holding the shank in place. The top of the shank can be seen inside the central block, but the loop has broken off. Again the break is worn and corroded.
A diagram of the Type A1 purse bar can be seen on the Medieval Catalogue (1967), p163, Fig: 50. This example is similar to PAS database number: SUSS-484EC3 | 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: | 1450
1550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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