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Description: | A copper alloy purse bar dating from the Post Medieval period, probably 1550 - 1600 AD. The purse has a rounded oval central loop to attch the purse to the belt. This has a flared collar immediately above the bar, and then a narrower rounded length slots through the boss in the centre of the bar and is secured by a thicker area below the boss. This attachment allows the loop to rotate. The bar is circular in section with a globular terminal at each end. The boss is a rectangular block. It is decorated on one face with a voided cross saltire in niello, and on the other face with three pairs of diagonal lines filled with niello, with zigzag incised lines in the spaces. The olive green patina if flaking. This is a type of purse classified by Ward Perkins (1940) as a Type B6 which is smaller and later than other purses.
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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