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Description: | A corroded cast copper-alloy fragment from a pendent frame of a late medieval or early post-medieval purse. The object is V-shaped in cross section and slightly curved in profile. On the outer side there are traces of incised diagonal double grooves decorating the frame in a series of 'V'/'X's: these appear to feature traces of niello. The section of the artefact together with the absence of any inscription suggests that this was part of the frame from a Ward-Perkins (1940, 164) Type A1 purse. For similar examples see Read (2001, 130; refs. 907-909). The fragment has corroded to a red-brown colour with large areas of off-white and light-green corrosion product.
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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