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Description: | A fragment of a copper-alloy purse bar of probable early post-Medieval date.One arm of the purse bar remains. It is of sub-rectangular section, with a concave upper side and flat bottom side from which protrudes an attachment plate with two perforations. At the distal end is a rivet-like projection with a circular head. Looped onto the shaft of this rivet are the remains of three copper-alloy hoops. The height of the bar gradually increases towards the inner edge, where there is the remnant of a central loop. The piece measures 27.2mm long, 8.6mm wide and 11.4mm high. The weight is 5.59g.This purse is classified as a London Museum type B5 - see Ward Perkins 1940: 167-169 or PAS record SUSS-2BCFE2 for a complete example. Ward Perkins suggests that such purses probably came into fashion around 1500, continuing in use until around 1550.
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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