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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy oval framed buckle with an offset, narrowed bar and recessed plate, dating from the 13th - 15th century, between AD 1200 ?? 1500 (length: 36mm; width of buckle: 20mm; thickness of buckle: 4mm; weight: 3.4g). The oval-framed buckle is undecorated. The sides of the buckle frame are D-shaped in side section and the strap bar is offset and narrowed. The tapering pin is still attached and complete and winds around the strap bar. The damaged, incomplete and corroded copper alloy sheet plate is still attached to the strap bar and is recessed for the frame as well as having a slot for the pin. There are two unlevel rivet holes approximately 5mm down the length of the plate with both cast copper alloy rivets still intact. The rivets only appear on one side as one side of the plate is broken and corroded immediately after the pin slot. The other side of the plate is incomplete and corroded with a length of 24.5mm with another possible rivet hole in the centre of the plate near to the corroded end (although these could be a break). Overall, the artefact is in a very worn and corroded condition with a patchy dark green patina. A similar example is illustrated in Egan, G & Pritchard, F, 2002 edition, ??Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3: Dress Accessories c. 1150 ?? c. 1450??, pages 74-5, fig 45, ref no 303. | Subjects: | oval framed | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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