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PURSE
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F46908
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy purse bar dating from c. AD 1475 to 1550. The purse bar is made up of a horizontal, circular cross sectioned bar terminating in a devolved gripping animal head which terminates in an old break before it reaches the central block. There is an integral attachment plate on the underside which has two attachment holes. These holes were for attaching the fabric part of the purse to the bar. The bar then narrows to a a cylindrical terminal. The arm has decorative criss-cross grooves, of a double strand latice which were probably filled with niello. However, none is present.
The purse bar is of Ward Perkins Type A1 (1940: 164-165), dated c. 1475-c. 1550.
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: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1475
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 66 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th April 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Sevenoaks (District)
Parish or ward: Fawkham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ5865
Four figure Latitude: 51.36209638
Four figure longitude: 0.26807314
1:25K map: TQ5865
1:10K map: TQ56NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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