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Description: | A copper-alloy purse hanger or arched pendent mount. It is sub-rectangular, with an oval-sectioned frame and small knops in the two corners by the bar, the outside edge formed from three almost equal sized arches, with a knop on either side and an external pointed projection between each of the arches. Internally, the points between the arches are extended and form a pair of possible animal heads. Measuring 31mm x 52mm.Similar mounts have been found at Meols, Cheshire (Griffiths et al 2007: 125/pl. 21) and in London (cf Egan and Pritchard 1991: 223, no. 1198), where they were dated to the late 13th to early 15th centuries, based largely on evidence from contemporary French stone sculptures. They appear to have functioned as a means of suspending a purse from a belt.Compare LON-18DF17 and an example from Hindringham, Norfolk (HER 41826, NMS-1B14E7).
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