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Description: | Fragment of a cast copper alloy buckle frame. The length of the buckle from side edge to side edge is 15.0mm, the width from the apex of the loop to the central bar is 11.1mm and the weight is 0.54g.
In plan the buckle frame comprises of a single loop, a central strap bar and the remnants of the sides of a now missing second loop (not recent breaks). The complete loop is sub-oval in shape. The outer edge of the loop is angled. In cross-section the frame is flat. The strap bar is sub-rectangular in section. The frame is undecorated and the pin is missing.
The buckle is heavily abraded and in a very poor condition. None of the original patina remains. The buckle is a light matt grey brown colour.
According to Geake (Geake, H. 2001 Finds Recording Guide, Version 1.1; August 2001, p.29) buckles of this type are thought to date to the late medieval to early post medieval or mid 14th to 18th century. As an example Egan and Pritchard (Egan, G and Pritchard, F. 1991 Medieval Finds From Excavations in London: 3. Dress Accessories c.1150 ?? c.1450, HMSO, London) illustrates two early double looped, angled frames (see fig.50 and 54; nos. 334 and 386) which have been securely dated to the between 1350AD and 1400AD. In comparison Whitehead (Whitehead, R. 1996. Buckles. Greenlight Publishing: Chelmsford), has a number of examples (see p.55, nos. 313-316) which he attributes to the 16th to 17th centuries. All of these examples are bigger than, and differ in some way to the recorded object. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Housley, Sarah - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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