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Description: | A complete copper-alloy composite buckle with an oval frame with an integral forked spacer for the two seperate sheets to be soldered on at the back and front to form a hollow plate. This buckle measures 46mm in length and 15mm in width across the rectangular sheets, the oval frame measures 20mm by 13.5mm in size and in the centre of the outer edge there is a lip with a central groove through it. There is then a pin slot the pin is now missing and the slot filled with corroded metal. The forked spacer is in place with file marks clearly visible, especially on the back face. The front and back rectangular shaped sheet plates (30mm by 15mm in size) are held in position with two in situ copper-alloy rivets, one in each corner of the attachment edge. In the centre of the attachment edge there is an aperture, the edge slopes down from either corner towards this aperture. Similar composite buckle have been found in London and appear to have been widespread in the mid 14th to the early 15th century, this example is more likely to be 14th century in date due to the presence of an aperture in the centre of its attachment edge. These composite buckles with cast forked spacers are believd to have been the most labour intensive as well as the best quality avaliable among mass-produced buckles in the mid and late 14th century (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 78-82, fig 48 and 49). | Subjects: | composite | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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