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PURSE
Unique ID: DUR-89C027
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy Medieval to post-Medieval cast purse bar fragment (c. 1475-c. 1550).
The fragment comprises less than half of the complete bar. The central block and one complete arm are missing. It has an arm, oval in cross-section (c. 8.0 x c. 6.3mm) with an integral attachment plate on the underside which has now broken but there are traces of two incomplete holes. These holes were for attaching the fabric part of the purse to the bar. At the complete narrowed end there is separate drum-shaped terminal, circular in cross-section. The bar passes through the terminal and is burred over at the end to secure it in place. The narrowed part of the bar forms a recess around which the frame fitted. At each side of the arms decorative grooves were probably filled with niello. However, none is present.
Class:
bar
Sub class: Williams Class A1
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1475
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.54 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Diameter: 6.57 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Helperby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4369
Four figure Latitude: 54.115082
Four figure longitude: -1.343702
1:25K map: SE4369
1:10K map: SE46NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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