Record ID: PUBLIC-9EDAF3
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy purse bar. The central block of the object survives, as does one of the globular terminals. The block is sub-rectangular with a hole running transversely through the centre. Running through the central hole is a copper-alloy suspension loop. The loop itself is vestigial, having bifurcated above the shank; at the other end, lowermost, is a flattened integral rove. The lower edge is moulded forming a wide 'M' shape. At each narrow side of the block there is an integral circular-sectioned terminal to which the arms of the bar were fitted. As impli…
Created on: Tuesday 27th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 15th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warbleton', grid reference and parish protected.