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PURSE

Unique ID: FAKL-5A0000

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Late/Post Medieval purse bar of Williams (Finds Research Group Datasheet, forthcoming) Class H2. Copper alloy with punched, foliate decoration on the central block and around the loop which, on one face, has been almost completely worn away. Across the apex of the loop is row of close-packed punch marks flanked by two rows of incised arcs. The loop is made from a piece of sheet metal, folded around to form a tapering sleeve. Between the narrow ends of the loop is a square block, secured by a single 4.0mm diameter rivet, its ends flush with the faces of the loop. A pin projects from the underside of this block and passes through the central block from which the two bars of the purse project. The pin terminates in a rove which secures it in place and allows the loop and bars to articulate. The bars are round sectioned, 5.0mm diameter, terminating in 12.4mm diameter, biconical bosses. Width 70.0mm, Height 51.1mm, Thickness 13.1mm, Mass 37.89g.

This purse bar is very similar to ESS-ECF117, the decoration on which David Williams (ibid.) compared to that seen on the sleeve of a garment worn in a portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham c. 1565.

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: Include in PostMedArch

Class: bar and loop
Sub class: Williams Class H2

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
Height: 51.1 mm
Width: 70 mm
Thickness: 13.1 mm
Weight: 37.89 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: SWY 535

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Whitton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE9124
Four figure Latitude: 53.70450877
Four figure longitude: -0.62295974
1:25K map: SE9124
1:10K map: SE92SW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Metal detecting

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Recording Institution: FAKL
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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