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Description: | A cast copper alloy purse bar swivel loop. In plan the loop it is an inverted elongated drop shape with an integral extension at the base. The loop has a sub ?D? shaped section. The extension is has a trapezoidal block beneath the loop with is decorated with two horizontal, parallel ridges. From the base of the block the extension becomes narrowed and with a circular sectioned shank which is waisted in the centre and the terminal is slightly bulbous. This is the element which would be inserted in the purse bar forming the swivel mechanism. The condition of the loop is quite poor, and is incomplete. There are traces of a mid brown/green coloured patina, but the majority of the surface is abraded. It measures 53.97mm long, 18.78mm wide and 16.89mm thick. It weighs 8.4g.
Similar shaped loops on purse bar frames are illustrated in Margeson (1993 Norwich Households; Medieval and Post Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58, page 42 No. 291) and in the London Museum Catalogue pages 158ff and dates these types of purse bars to the late 15th to mid 16th centuries. | 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: | 1475
1550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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