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Description: | An incomplete Late Medieval to early Post Medieval cast copper alloy purse bar. It has a central shield-shaped boss that is rectangular in cross-section. From the centre of the flat top of the shield shaped boss through to the centre of the curved base there is a large 7mm diameter circular hole. The central boss is flanked on either side by moulded symmetrical bars. From an adjacent collar, these have a concave curve to an inward facing chevron followed by a beaded collar to another straight collar, where the thickness of the bar is reduced. One of the bars is broken at this point, the other extends into a short stub which in turn is then broken. One side of the shield is decorated with a four-petalled flower surrounded by a border, the other has the initials IhΣ. This is the greek version of the Roman Christogram IhS. There is some remains of gilding on the object and it is likely the initials and possibly the flower decoration were originally inlaid with niello. Similar purse bars are noted from Medieval London examples of which are illustrated in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (1993) p163/167. This form of purse bar dates to the late 15th to early 16th centuries AD or c.1450-1550 AD.
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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