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Late medieval to Early Post Medieval: Incomplete purse frame
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2021-05-10 13:01:08
Title
Late medieval to Early Post Medieval: Incomplete purse frame
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy frame from a purse bar, of Late Medieval to Early Post Medieval dating (c. AD 1450 to AD 1550).

Around 5-10% of the purse frame is present. The rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity.

The purse frame is L shaped in cross section and curved in shape. One complete circular hole is present on one side, with an internal diameter of 1.9 mm. The top surface exhibits grooved decoration consisting of two lines in a zig zag pattern.

It measures 42.6 mm in length, 7.5 mm wide and 6.6 mm thick. It weighs 6.2 g.

The purse frame is a mid green colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail.

Several similar purse frame fragments have been recorded on the PASdatabase, including: WMID-999A5A; WMID-D800B7; SF-F84CE0; PUBLIC-005611; LEIC-97C312; LIN-6FAEE6 and SF-A1A952. 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. AD 1450 to c. AD 1550.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Warwickshire
Date between 1450 and 1550
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 1027319
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/1143073
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1143073/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1027319
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Object location52° 13′ 06.96″ N, 1° 29′ 08.84″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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