Record ID: DOR-E84E0E
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete copper-alloy purse bar and incomplete frame dating to AD 1450 - 1550. Williams class A1. It comprises a long bar, a circular swiveling suspension loop, two complete sub-rectangular attachment plates, and a single frame fragment. The bar contains a central block with a pair of devolved gripping animal heads, and two extending bars with spherical terminals are present. The circular swiveling suspension loop with a conical collar passes through the central block and terminates in a separate groove with a formed bott…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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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-71150B
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy purse frame of Williams Class A1. The frame has a U-shaped cross section. It tapers to a solid, narrowed terminal  which has a break at the tip.It expands to the break at the other end. There is a pattern of incised lines on one side forming double stranded chevrons. The lines may have contained neillo inlay. There is one circular attachment hole on the inner edge. The fragment is distorted and bent. Reference: Williams, D 2018 Copper-alloy Purse Components: A new classification using finds from England and Wales recorded by the Portable Antiquit…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2022
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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-1465D1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper-alloy purse bar, dating to AD 1450 - 1550. Williams class A1. An arm of the bar, possible terminal and swivel are missing. The remaining arm is largely oval in cross section. There is a single projection flange on the underside which has two small circular holes where the fabric of the purse would have attached. The the outer end of the arm is a small broken projectiuon, narrowed from the arm and circular in cross section. The arm is attached to an integral rectangular boss with a stub of the other arm on the opposing side. The…
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-D46A5C
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper-alloy inscribed purse bar, dating to AD 1450 - 1550. Williams Class A2Part of one of the arms only remains, the central boss and other bar are missing. It is rectangular in cross section, with a transverse collar in front of the rounded knop terminal. The underside of the bar has two complete U shaped loops, with circular attachment holes, for a leather or fabric purse. The faces of the bar are decorated with recessed Roman lettering which retains traces of niello inley. The inscription on the bar reads CCA VIT/ ET MALO. The ba…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-8E8749
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy purse bar. A Williams Class A1, bar and loop type. The bar has a central ovoid boss, one complete arm and one arm bent and broken. The outer surface. The boss has a central longitudinal perforation which retains the the shaft of the missing suspension loop. On the underside of the boss is the expanded terminal knop of the shaft. The circular sectioned integral arms extend from opposite sides of the boss. One is complete with an integral flange projecting from the lower edge, pierced with two circular sewing holes. This arm terminates in a constriction which …
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
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Record ID: DOR-55D288
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete copper alloy arched pendant mount from a purse hanger. A bar of three arches; the two at the sides are rounded, the central one being larger and more pointed. There are pointed knops between the arches. The ends are angled from the side arches and expanded with a low collar on the underside. The mount is D-shaped in cross section. Date: Medieval - c 1400 - 1500 Dimensions: 63.23 mm x 16.71 mm x 2.33 mm Weight: 3.64 g A similar mount together which retains two bar mounts to attach it to a belt is recorded in Egan. G & Pritchard, F 1991, Dress Accessories, page 223 …
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-80912B
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy swivelling suspension loop from a purse bar of uncertain type. The frame of the loop is oval with a D-shaped cross section. At one end is a flaring circular sectioned projection which then constricts into a broken circular sectioned shank. This would have would have attached the loop to the missing purse bar. Date: Late Medieval to early Post Medieval - c.1450-1550 Dimensions: 32.56 mm x 20.44 mm x 5.08 mm Weight: 7.64 g
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
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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: DOR-7287E5
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One arm of a copper alloy purse bar dating to c.1450-1500 of Ward Perkins type A2. The bar has a thin oval cross section, it tapers to a narrow circular sectioned knop. There are traces of two integral pierced lobes on the lower edge of the arm for attachment of a leather or fabric purse, one is almost complete. Both faces of the arm show traces of decoration, possibly an inscription or blundered lettering and vertical lines of inlay (probably niello) now illegible. Reference: Saunders.P, 2012, pg.106-107, no.172, pg.134, fig.27. A similar purse bar with inscription can be seen on t…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
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Record ID: SOM-538451
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Medieval to Post-Medieval cast copper alloy purse bar dating to c.AD 1450 to 1550. The fragment consists of one arm with an integral spherical terminal surviving for 29.3 mm in length to an old break. The arm is circular in cross-section and measures 5.2 mm in diameter. The terminal is spherical and decorated with six twisting grooves. It measures 11.2 mm in diameter. The piece has a green patina and small areas of superficial corrosion. The fragment measure 29.3 mm in length, 5.2 mm in diameter at the arm and 11.2 mm in diameter at the terminal. It weighs 7.38 g. …
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
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Record ID: DOR-1A9DD6
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy purse frame, broken at both ends. The frame is L-shaped in cross section. The upper face is slightly convex and the surface is undecorated. On the lower face there are two broken and one complete attachment or sewing holes. Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval - c. 1450 - 1550 Dimensions: 74.01 mm x 6.44 mm x 6.45 mm Weight: 13.08 g 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.1450 to 1550.
Created on: Friday 20th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-E8FA49
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy purse bar dating to c.1450-1500. One arm anmd a remnant of the central block of the bar only remain. The fragment of the central has a vertical groove which is the remnant of a central aperture. The arm, circular in cross-section, projects from the jaws of a zoomorphic moulding. Traces of double-stranded cross-hatched decoration survives on both sides as well as the top. This would have been inlaid with niello. The narrowed end of the bar is missing due to a break. A sub-rectangular plate projects from the underside of the arm. The plate has two circular attachment hole…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-547E80
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: 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 writhen knop. Date: Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval - c. 1440 - 1600 Dimensions: 30.42 mm x 11.48 mm Weight: 6.74 g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
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Record ID: SOM-FDCB82
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Medieval copper alloy purse bar, probably dating to c. AD 1450-1500. The bar consists of a central shield shaped boss, 16.7mm tall by 19.6mm wide and 14.0mm thick. A central logitudinal perforation passes through the boss to accomodate a copper alloy swivel, now lost. The boss is flanked by the arms of the purse, both integral, rectangular in cross section and thinned slightly into a central field featuring a niello inlaid inscription (see below). The thicker sections flanking the boss are not shaped into animal heads but plain. A thinner attachment plate, with thre…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: SOM-1C9C43
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy purse bar, almost complete, probably dating to c. AD 1450-1500. The bar has a central sub-rectangular boss, 16.7mm wide, 13.7mm long and 9.6mm thick, and decorated with a niello inlaid incised lattice pattern on one face and a double line in a zig-zag on the other. The boss has a central longitudinal perforation through which passes a copper alloy swivel, below the boss this passes through the perforation of an applied sub-hexagonal sectioned knop, above the boss the swivel expands into an ovate attachement loop, this is now bent in one direction, with a split …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Okeford Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1FCE91
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy purse bar. Part of one arm of the bar only remains. The bar is circular in cross section and terminates in a globular wrythen knop. Reference: Ward Perkins Type B3 (Ward Perkins, J B, 1940 Medieval Catalogue p.167-168, fig. 52, plate XXXVII) Date: Late Medieval to early Post Medieval - c. 1450 - 1550 Dimensions: 28.01 mm x 12.88 mm Weight: 6.84 mm
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: DOR-44FA41
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval cast copper-alloy purse frame, dating from the 14th Century. The remains of the purse frame consist of an incomplete curved arm with two remaining lugs with circular sewing holes, one slightly larger than the other, one hole clear and the other obscured with corrosion. At one end the remains of half of the loop projection (possibly part of a clasp) with a half of the central circular aperture intact. The other end appears to have been broken off. There are two parallel incised lines at this end and also close to the clasp end. The frame is rounded in cross-secti…
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.