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Medieval to Post Medieval purse frame
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Somerset County Council, Laura Burnett, 2011-09-14 06:52:09
Title
Medieval to Post Medieval purse frame
Description
English: A cast copper alloy purse bar dating from the late 15th to early 16th centuries. It comprises of two sections; a vertical bar which passes through a horizontal bar. the horizontal bar has a widened circular middle with a central circular hole. This narrows on either side to create stepped shoulders to a circular sectioned bar, widening at the ends to rounded knops. The vertical bar is circular sectioned and passes through the hole in the vertical bar; has a triangular knop on one end to keep it in place. The bar then widens to a rectangular neck from which an oval loop projects. It measures 44.9mm in height and 38.0mm in width. It weighs 14.63g.

This is a Ward Perkins Class B1 (1940, pg. 167, fig. 52) type.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Somerset
Date between 1550 and 1650
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 461772
Old ref: SOM-8EF157
Filename: SOM-8EF157.JPG
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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/345711
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/345711/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/461772
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