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Description: | Cast copper alloy suspension loop from a Medieval - Post Medieval purse bar. The loop is a pentagram in shape with squared top and sides and a point at the bottom where it meets circular stop with a domed top and flat base. Below the stop projects a circular sectioned bar with an old break on the end. This would have projected further through the purse bar and acted as a axis for it to swivel on. It is 23.5mm long, 19.6mm wide and 8.2mm thick; it weighs 6.19 grams.This loop is similar to those on purse bars discussed by Ward Perkins in the Museum of London Medieval Catalogue. He classifies this type as Type B5 which is distinguished from the other types by its squared central loop and moulded bar complete with plates beneath pierced for the attachment of a bag. Ward Perkins suggests that this type of purse bar was popular from the period 1450 - 1550 (pp167-169). On the database NMS-18E7D2 and SWYOR-CE33E6 show similar loops attached to purse bars.
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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