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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar with bent arms and broken collared suspension loop. The square central block has enamelled decoration in the form of the letters 'P' and 'I', presumably the initials of the owner, and a lion rampant or figure within a shield, perhaps a coat of arms, on the reverse. The central boss or block is drilled and fitted with a swivelling oval suspension loop, which is bent and broken and lozenge-shaped in section. At the opposite end of the block from the loop is the terminal of the pin, with a slightly flanged head, and and circular ring around it, holding it to the block. One of the broken side arms is bent downwards at a 45 degree angle but still retains its zoomorphic beast's head opening its mouth to allow the circular bar to protrude, but only the stump remains. The other side arm has broken off completely, but there is a short (14 mm long) finial above it, angled upwards, with a spherical terminal, presumably there for suspension as well as decoration.Read (2001) illustrates a similar example on page 130, Fig.84, No.905, which is classified as Type A1, and dated to c.1450-1500.Griffiths, Philpott and Egan (2007) illustrate a drawn example with a collared oval loop and short arm and ball terminal on page 164, Plate 30, No.2012, which is dated from the late 15th to the early 16th 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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