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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy purse suspension loop of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating (c.1450-1600 AD).The suspension loop is sub-circular in plan, and D-shaped in cross section. The external diameter of the loop is 26.35mm and internal is 19.07mm. A collar with parallel sides if present at the base of the loop, and is circular in cross section. The diameter of the collar is 8.07mm wide and it extends 5.4mm beneath the suspension loop. A small section of shank is still present beneath the collar, this would have originally been longer and would have been secured through the horizontal bar which supported the purse. The shank is circular in cross section with a diameter of 4.95mm.The loop is a mid green colour with an even surface patina. The loop measures 32.42mm in length, 26.34mm wide and 7.99mm wide. It weighs 10.4 grams.Circular purse suspension loops are typically found on the later variants of the purse bar, Ward Perkins Types A5 & B3 (Ward Perkins, 1940, figs 50&52) and typically dated to the Late 15th to 16th Centuries AD. This dating can be confirmed by an excavated example from Norwich (Margeson, 1993, p43, #291), dated to between 1400 and 1600. Other examples of this particular loop style have been recorded on the PAS database and include IOW-5f1013 from the Isle of Wight; NMGW-A44044 from Swansea; KENT-03C736 from Ash, Kent and NLM-06F9A6 from Willoughby with Sloothby, Lincolnshire.References:Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households: The Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Norwich Survey Excavations 1971-1978. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 58 / Norwich Survey.Ward Perkins, J.B. (1940) Medieval Catalogue. London Museum. Her Majesty's Stationary Office. London.
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