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Description: | A cast copper alloy purse frame fragment. The purse bar has an asymmetrical 'V' shaped section and is slightly curved in plan. One exterior face is possibly decorated but it is unclear and not certain as decoration. The reverse face has four circular holes on the inner edge, which were originally to fix the fabric of the purse to the frame. One terminal is broken revealing the 'V' section. The opposite terminal tapers no longer having a 'V' section. The terminal has a 'C' shaped profile whose terminals are both broken, but not recently. The surface of the frame is abraded and has traces of a mid brown/green patina. It measures 97.55mm long, 8.05mm wide, and 6.14mm thick. It weighs 22.4g.Margeson (Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey, Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology 58) illustrates a similar example, No. 290 which is dated to c. 1650 to 1700. Other frames are illustrated in the London Museum Catalogue (Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940 London Museum: Medieval Catalogue London ), and are dated from the late 15th centuries.
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