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Description: | Gilded copper-alloy buckle, complete with frame, plate and pin. The frame is oval, 20 mm wide by 15 mm long, and has an offset bar and a slightly thickened outer edge. The plate is 39 mm long and tapers from 14 mm wide at the hinge loops to a point at the other end. The plate and frame are both corroded to a rough dark purplish brown colour (with large patches of brighter green on the reverse) but traces can be seen of an engraved border on the plate with an engraved shield shape (measuring c. 15 x 9 mm) within. The straight top of the shield is closest to the hinge loops, and the pointed end points towards the narrower end of the plate. There is a possible line across the top of the shield forming a chief, and perhaps two to three vertical lines descending from this and possibly ending in circles. There is a rivet hole at the pointed end of the plate, and two surviving separate copper-alloy rivets near the hinge loops linking the upper plate to a short under-plate. The gilding is best preserved in the engraved lines and around the rivets. The pin has a better-preserved green patina and is presumably made from a different alloy. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geake, Helen - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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