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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar of Late Medieval to early Post Medieval date, c.1450-1600 AD.Only the suspension loop part of the purse has survived with the bar now missing. The loop is sub-oval in plan, and D-shaped in cross section; the sides of the sub-oval loop taper down towards a rectangular collar. The rectangular collar is decorated with three ridges separated by two grooves. The shank that would have originally extended through the purse bar, forming a swivel part, is incomplete having broken just below the collar.The surface of the loop has notable corrosion and loss of the original surface.Oval purse suspension loops are typically found on the later variants of the purse bar, Ward Perkins / Williams Types C, E & F (Ward Perkins, 1940, figs 50 & 52 & Williams, unpublished) and typically date to the Late 15th to 16th Centuries AD.References:Ward Perkins, J.B. (1940) Medieval Catalogue. London Museum. Her Majesty's Stationary Office. London.Williams, D. (unpublished) Copper Alloy Purse Bars and Frames. A new classification using finds from England and Wales recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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