File:Medieval to Post Medieval Purse frame (FindID 1008543).jpg

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Medieval to Post Medieval Purse frame
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Edward Caswell, 2020-08-03 16:31:39
Title
Medieval to Post Medieval Purse frame
Description
English: A twisted copper alloy fragment from a medieval or post medieval purse frame dating to the period c. AD 1450 - 1550.

The fragment consists of an narrow length of copper alloy bar with a L-shaped cross-section which terminates in an old break at either end. The is shallowly curved in profile. The outer surface is decorated with a pairs of parallel incised lines that zig diagonally from one side of the bar to the other and then zag the other. This motif carries on along the length of the surviving object.

The artefact has a light green patina.

The fragment is 48mm long, 5-7mm wide and weighs 6.59 grams.

This is a piece of a London Museum type A1 purse frame, dating from the late 15th to early 16th century (see Ward-Perkins 1967: 162-167). Very similar examples on the database include SOM-610C5B and BH-FA9C93
Depicted place (County of findspot) Oxfordshire
Date between 1475 and 1525
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1475-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1525-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindIdentifier: 1008543
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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/1111363
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1111363/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1008543
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License version 2.0 (verified 13 November 2020)
Object location51° 44′ 19.32″ N, 1° 10′ 12.11″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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