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Description: | An incomplete and damaged cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame of medieval date. The artefact is an irregular D-shape with prominent protruding outer edge such that it tends towards the sub-triangular. The arms of the frame have been twisted more than once and there are breaks at both ends of the narrowed and off-set strap bar: none of the bar effectively survives and the pin is missing. The protrusion forms the pin rest and features a shallow central pin groove along its width. It terminates with truncated, straightened curve with a protruding lobe at either end. The upper surface is decorated with linear designs within bordered fields no longer adequately discernible either side of the pin rest. The lower surface of the artefact is flat and plain. The object is of a reddish colour consistent with heating for the application of gilt; a trace still suvives as the side curves into the (missing) pin bar. There is far more coverage of light green corrosion product, particularly on the lower surface. Similar examples can be found illustrated in Whitehead (1996, 24; e.g. 109). Whitehead suggests that these buckles date from the 13th and 14th centuries. | Subjects: | single-looped | 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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