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Description: | A complete cast copper-alloy purse bar and suspension loop of very Late Medieval or Early Post Medieval date (1450-1600). The arms of the purse bar are broadly sub-rectangular in plan and D-shaped in cross section. It is relatively short and stubby compared to many purse bars recorded. The terminals are plain. The underside of the bar has sub-trapezoidal flanges projecting downwards, one on each arm, each with three sewing holes; on one side one hole has abraded through. The fabric purse would have been attached to these. At each end of each arm is a D-shaped double rib, running round the top and sides of the bar. Between the central pairs the bar is curved upwards and is widned with convex curved side. This thicker central part of the bar has a vertical hole running through it which contains the suspension loop. The lower end of the suspension loop has a circular sectioned bar running through the hole in the bar and ending in a circular rove. The loop still swivels in the bar. Above the bar the loop expands into a rectangular section with the thinner but wider loop on top. The loop is sub-rectangular in shape with a central D-shaped hole. The purse bar measures 50.15mm in length, 34.45mm width, is 10.5mm thick and weighs 21.88 grams. The purse bar is a green colour with a fairly even patina which covers most of the surface area; some patches of lighter corrosion product can also be found. Similar purse bars have been classified by Ward Perkins (1940, 167-169) 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. He suggests that this type of purse bar dates from the period 1450-1550 AD. Parallels on the database include SWYOR-CE33E6, WILT-83ABE1, SWYOR-E45953 and HESH-B960F6.
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