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PURSE
Unique ID: BERK-8A90D9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar dating to the post-medieval period. The purse bar belongs to Ward Perkins Class 1a and dates to the 16th century AD. The bar is missing most of the securing roves (to which the bag would have been sewn) and the swivel loop to suspend the purse from a belt. The purse bar is simply decorated with incised saltires on the arms and on the central box .
Notes:
Submitted via email; thanks to the finder for providing the images.
Class: Class 1a
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2015004
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Duns Tew (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4429
Four figure Latitude: 51.95775174
Four figure longitude: -1.36109999
1:25K map: SP4429
1:10K map: SP42NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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