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Description: | A Medieval copper alloy purse hanger. The hanger is complete and is a three arched example formed of three evenly matched semicircles with pointed lobes between them. The ends are short straight bars with a narrow raised collar and then an oval knop terminal. It is oval in cross-section with a dark green patina. Purse hangers were freely swinging, held at each end, usually by a bar mount, to a girdle. When they were not used to attach purses to belts such objects were often used to attach knives. A close parallel can be found illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 223; refs. 1198); these date to the second half of the 14th century.
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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