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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar with an oval suspension loop and a central block in the shape of a square shield. One side arm remains with a spherical terminal decorated with a moulded central rib that encircles the terminal around the circumference, and an incised groove running perpendicular to the rib across the end of the terminal. The central block is drilled and fitted with a swivelling oval loop which is D-shaped in cross-section. The opposite end from the loop terminates in a conical nut around the cylindrical pin that runs through the block. The side arm is cast with the block and is circular in section, until it expands to the spherical terminal. There are vertical scratches on both surfaces of the block, but there does not appear to be any marks or incised decoration. Below the block is aWard Perkins in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940 illustrates similar examples on page 167, fig.52, nos.B3 & B6 and in plate 37, no.3, which are classified as Type B3 and are dated from the early 16th century, but the ovate central loop is classified as Type B6 which is dated from the mid 16th century.Read (2001) illustrates a similar purse bar with a square shield block and spherical terminals with ridges around the middle on page 133, fig.87, no.924, which is dated from the late 15th century to the early 16th century.Bailey (1993) illustrates a similar terminal and bar on page 7, no.34, which is dated from the late 15th to the early 16th century.
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