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Description: | An incomplete elaborate cast copper-alloy buckle frame dating to the late post-medieval period, probably the 18th century. Sub-rectangular double-loop in form with moulded lion's head and mane motif at either end forming a trapezoidal frame. Asymmetrical, as the lions' heads both face in the same direction. Gently convex in profile. Semi-circular facets waving along outer edge of frame. The pin is missing on this example. In the literature there is a document of one such buckle in Murawski (2003, 579; ref. P12-0104). There are also a number of parallels which have been recorded on this database from the south of England: PAS refs. HAMP2795, SUSS-24BD92, IOW-3C6B17. These other records suggest that there are concave depressions on the reverse of the zoomorphic heads and that the buckle would have been gilded on its upper surface. They also suggest naval connotations for dress accessories decorated in this way. | Subjects: | Sub-rectangular Double loop | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Webley, Robert - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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