PURSE 496507

Description: A fragment of Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (c.1450-1500) copper alloy pendent frame from a purse (possibly Type A1 to A3), V-shaped in cross-section. It measures 58.60mm in curving length and weighs 7.34g. The patina is mostly lost, but traces of niello survive inside three diagonal grooves. Beyond are one and a half X shapes of double-grooves. The other side has a single damaged sewing hole, c.2mm in diameter. The break is old and measures 5.52x5.01. The other end tapers and becomes to the broken attachment loop.

Date: 1450 - 1500

Object type: PURSE

Last import: August 15, 2017