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Description: | A copper alloy late Medieval to early Post Medieval (c. 1475 to c. 1600) purse bar fragment: In plan the fragment is a crescent and has an asymmetrical 'V' shaped section. The base of the 'V' forms in the concave edge of the crescent. One exterior face bar is decorated with a curvilinear wave-like pattern. The interior face is shorter than the exterior face and is undecorated. Both terminals of the frame are broken, but these are not recent breaks. The surface of the bar has an abraded surface with traces of a shiny dark green patina. It measures 30.59mm long from terminal to terminal, 6.16mm wide and 4.48mm thick. It weighs 2.8g.Margeson (1993) illustrates a similar example, No. 290 which is dated to c. 1650 to 1700. Other frames are illustrated in the London Museum Catalogue (1940), and are classed as A1 types dating to the late 15th to 16th centuries.Margeson, S. 1993 Norwich Households: Medieval and Post Medieval Finds From Norwich Survey, Excavations 1971-78. East Anglian Archaeology 58Ward-Perkins, J.B. 1940 London Museum: Medieval Catalogue London
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