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Description: | Cast cu-alloy purse bar fragment dating from the late medieval or early post-medieval period, i.e. ca. AD1500-1600. It is a London Museum type A1(Ward-Perkins 1967: 163).The bar is circular in section and has a decorative moulding at the end which would have been closest to the central block. At the distal end is a narrower projection with an attached knob. Decoration consists of a series of cross-hatched lines filled with corroded niello, most of which is missing. Niello also covers the criss-cross decoration on the moulding at the block end. Protruding from beneath the distal end of the bar is an attachment plate containing two holes. This is where the purse (made from organic material) would have been attached.
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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