DOR-B6FEAE: Late Medieval to Post Medieval purse frame

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PURSE

Unique ID: DOR-B6FEAE

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Two fragments of copper alloy frame from a purse. The two fragments are conjoining.The frame is curving and has an 'L' shaped cross-section.The upper face of the longer side of the L-shape is decorated with stamped dots forming a pattern of crude leaf shapes, circles and lines. One terminal of the frame remains and has an angled rounded projection with a large circular aperture. There is a single pierced hole at the edge through the short side of the L-shape.
Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval - c. 1450 - 1550
Dimensions: 77.75 mmx x8.74 mm x 4.55 mm
Weight: 15.57 g

A similar fragment of frame, but with incised line decoration, is recorded in Egan, G 2005, Material culture in an age of transition, page 62, no. 268

Several similar purse frame fragments have been recorded on the PAS database, including: WMID-999A5A; WMID-D800B7; SF-F84CE0; PUBLIC-005611; LEIC-97C312; LIN-6FAEE6 and SF-A1A952. David Williams comments that L shaped purse frames are commonly associated with Class A1 purse bars (long bars with attached frames) and should be considered to date from c. AD 1450 to c. AD 1550.

Class: Frame

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 77.75 mm
Width: 8.74 mm
Thickness: 4.55 mm
Weight: 15.57 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Tuesday 31st March 2015

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SCMS 016669

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Purbeck (District)
Parish or ward: Arne (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SY9086
Four figure Latitude: 50.6735757
Four figure longitude: -2.14287985
1:25K map: SY9086
1:10K map: SY96NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: DOR
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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