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PURSE
Unique ID: IOW-5BF915
Object type certainty: Certain
An incomplete Late Medieval to Early post-Medieval cast copper-alloy purse bar (c. 1450-c. 1550 AD).
The central block is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section. It is perforated vertically at the centre to accommodate the shaft of the suspension loop. On the underside, at either side of the perforation, there is a large 'V'-shaped nick. The front and back of the central block is decorated with a low relief groove forming a border. The suspension loop is incomplete and the separate rove at the opposite end of the shaft is intact. The suspension loop, its shaft and the rove are fused to the central block. At each end of the central block there is a short arm terminating with a separate domed rove. Between this rove and the central block at each end there are the remains of a frame. These fragments of the frame are free moving.
All elements are made of copper-alloy.
This object is covered with light green corrosion products and has traces of a green patina. The breaks are old and there is a large dent on one face of the central block.
Height: 31.67mm; width: 48.38mm; thickness: 8.59mm. Weight: 35.57g.
A similar purse bar is illustrated in Ward-Perkins 1940; 167, Fig. 52, ref: B1 the late 15th to early 16th centuries.
A similar purse bar has been recorded from Sellack Parish, Herefordshire. See Portable Antiquities Scheme find: WAW-0BD046.
Class: Ward Perkins Type B1
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Height: 31.67 mm
Width: 48.38 mm
Thickness: 8.59 mm
Weight: 35.57 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Isle Of Wight
District: Isle Of Wight
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m [scope notes]
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Frank Basford
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Identified by: Mr Frank Basford - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2012-1-97
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Created:
Sunday 29th January 2012
Updated: Tuesday 31st January 2012
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