unknown artifact/partifact

[oldsoapy]

Found this on farmland in Lincolnshire, beats me as to it's age or use,

 

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[shaun7]

Looks like a broken purse bar

 

[Silver Searcher]

Looks like a broken purse bar

...nice find

SS

 

[oldsoapy]

dont think it's big enough for pipe work,
just measured it it's 5.4mm long and .0.5mm thick and mad from brass or bronze.(gone green)

 

[shaun7]

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=1252&cat=119

There's one here

 

[Monty]

What's a "purse bar" used for? I thought it was part of a tubing vice. Monty

 

[shaun7]

What's a "purse bar" used for? I thought it was part of a tubing vice. Monty

A cloth purse would hang from it in medieval times.

 

[savant365]

Very neat find and good ID Shaun "Partifact"...I like that

 

[oldsoapy]

What's a "purse bar" used for? I thought it was part of a tubing vice. Monty

A cloth purse would hang from it in medieval times.

Many thanks , that was soon solved for me. Hutch.

 

[hammered]

What's a "purse bar" used for? I thought it was part of a tubing vice. Monty

A cloth purse would hang from it in medieval times.

Many thanks , that was soon solved for me. Hutch.

We are quick, times of 30 seconds or less is not unheard of on here Shaun7 our resident expert

Nice find John , and well done on the id shaun , from now on you are king of the purses


hammered

 

[shaun7]

I got one....I got one