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Description: | A cast copper-alloy purse bar of early Post-Medieval date. It is sub-triangular in form with flat base and expanded centre that has a vertical circular aperture through which the now missing suspension loop would originally have passed. The central area has incised decoration on both face consisting of four vertical vertical grooves that terminate towards the top in points. The arms of the bar narrow towards the outer edges and are faceted on their upper edges. Projecting from the end are short integral cylindrical bars with raised circular terminals where the purse frames would have hung from. On the base of each arm of the bar are integral rectangular plates that have three circular perforations for attachment of the purse bag. The object has a dark green patina and measures 52.51mm in width, 18.88mm in height, 11.38mm in thickness, and weighs 26.43g. This purse bar is as LMMC Type B5 with short purse bar that has integrally cast pierced attachments and would originally have had a square suspension loop (LMMC, 1967: p. 169). This group is dated to the 16th century AD, and perhaps the first half of the century.
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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