Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Unique ID: DOR-3ED86E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting. A purse hanger. The object comprises a large hook extending into a rectangular frame with one aperture. The hook has a backward projecting terminal at the top of the arm below which is a recessed section with a possible cross hatched decoration. The hook then widens into a D sectioned curve before expanding into the rectangular frame. The frame is set in the same alignment as the arm so that it extends backwards.
Date: Late Medieval - Early Post Medieval c. 1450 -1550
Dimensions: 41.5 mm x 29.5 mm x 8.4 mm
Weight: 12.51g
Identified by David Williams as a purse hanger for the attachment of a framed purse to a belt. Similar to PAS database records DOR-C20CB0 DOR-58B56E and HAMP-32A607. Also similar examples can be seen in Read, B, 2008, Hooked Clasps and Eyes, pages 214 - 215, nos. 771 - 773
Class: Purse hanger
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.5 mm
Width: 29.5 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 12.51 g
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Other reference: SCMS 017572
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SY7993
Four figure Latitude: 50.73622859
Four figure longitude: -2.2989473
1:25K map: SY7993
1:10K map: SY73NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Read, B. | 2008 | Hooked-Clasps and Eyes | Langport | Portcullis Publishing | Pg.214-215 | nos.771-773 |