Record ID: DOR-2363AB
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy purse frame. A part of the frame (which has been bent into a circle) only, the bar and suspension loop are missing. The frame has a circular cross section. On the upper face of the frame there is a small area of symmetrical incised line decoration comprising two diagonal incised grooves flanked by a vertical lines each side, flanked by one long chevron each side. Both broken ends of the frame have two incised grooves. The decoration may originally have contained niello inlay. Along the underside are …
Created on: Monday 14th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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Record ID: DOR-0D9184
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy purse frame. It comprises a bar (a central block with short arms) , a swivelling suspension loop and a circular frame. The frame is oval with a circular cross section. On the upper face of the frame on the edge opposite the bar and loop, there is a small area of incised line decoration comprising three vertical lines flanked by two long chevrons. This may originally have contained niello. Along the lower edge are a series of expanded, rounded loops to which the fabric of the purse was attached.  The frame is atta…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-370501
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy purse bar (Williams Class J). One arm of the bar remains. The arm has an oval cross section and terminates in an expanded globular knop with a circumferential ridge and a groove across the diameter. Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval - c. 1440 - 1600 Dimensions: 40.85 mm x 10.77 mm (shaft diameter 3.90 mm) Weight: 7.17 g See database records DOR-547E80. The purse bar originally had a central block, a second arm, and swivelled suspension loop attached to the central block.
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
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Record ID: DOR-7A46DC
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy purse bar with loop, dating to c. 1500 - 1550. The remains of the purse bar include the two horizontal arms which would have formed the upper part of the frame and the loop and shank which now sits loose in the central block and can be removed. The remainder of the frame is now missing. The purse bar has a tapering oval shaped attached loop, this tapers into a rounded rectangular collar. The loop shank, below the collar passes through a central block. A rounded terminal rove is missing at the terminal end of the loop, which would have held the loop securely.…
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
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Record ID: SOM-3B9685
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval or post medieval copper alloy purse bar dating to the period c. AD 1450 - 1550. It consists of a vertical bar which passes through a horizontal bar. It exhibits a vertical bar which consists of a trapezoidal loop which tapers into an oval stem and then narrows to form a a circular cross-sectioned bar which passes through a circular perforation in the horizontal bar. The vertical bar exhibits a collar positioned just before it terminates on the underside of the horizontal bar in order to hold it in place. The vertical bar swivels freely in the hole. The horizontal bar e…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-893BE5
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of one arm of a copper-alloy purse bar of probable early post-medieval date. The bar is thick with a single twist cross-section. The terminal is a large integrally cast knop. It is circular with decoration of seven spiralling arms. Williams Class J Date: Late Medieval to Post Medieval - c. 1440 - 1600
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
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