SWYOR-6AB60F: Medieval Purse bar; William's Class A1

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PURSE

Unique ID: SWYOR-6AB60F

Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a Medieval or Post Medieval copper-alloy purse bar dating from About AD 1440-1600. It falls into Williams Class A1.

This fragment is part of one arm of the bar and probably projected from the jaws of a zoomorphic moulding. The main body is circular in cross-section and has a diameter of 8.6mm. It has a double-strand lattice pattern formed of grooves filled with well preserved niello. Both ends of the arm are old, patinated breaks, but there is a suggestion of a constriction at one end, which is where the frame would have articulared before the bar would have terminated in a knop. An integral attachment plate has two circular holes for suspension of the purse. Each hole has a diameter of about 1.9mm. The purse bar has a green patina with some red metal showing through. The fragment is 57mm long, 8mm wide and 12.5mm thick (including the attachment plate) and is 24g.

Purse bars with niello inlaid decoration and zoomorphic mouldings at the sides of the central block are classified by Ward-Perkins as his type A1. He argued that these came from the earlier end of the date range given, but this is not specified by Williams.

Ward Perkins, J.B., 1940 The London Museum Medieval Catalogue London: HMSO.

Williams, D., 2018 Copper-alloy Purse Components: A new classification using finds from England and Wales recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme London: Finds Research Group.

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: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1440
Date to: Circa AD 1600

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 57 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 12.5 mm
Weight: 24 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Wednesday 28th February 2018

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 3170

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with niello

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wath (Metropolitan District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4400
Four figure Latitude: 53.49487141
Four figure longitude: -1.33823934
1:25K map: SE4400
1:10K map: SE40SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Ward Perkins, J.B.	1940	The London Museum Medieval Catalogue	London	HMSO
Williams, D.	2018	Copper-alloy Purse Components: a new classification using finds from England and Wales recorded by the Portable Antiquities Scheme	London	Finds Research Group

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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