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Description: | a copper alloy medieval buckle frame and plate. The buckle is square, with a thick outside edge with three filed grooves. There are knops near each corner of the frame, which measures 16.96mm im length and 16.17mm in width. The plate is recessed for the frame, and there is a pin notch on the bar, but the pin is missing. The plate is rectangular and the inside edge is incomplete, measuring 26.5mm in length and 12.95mm in width. There is a compass-engrved circle on the plate, with five holes pierced within it, one centrally and four evenly spaced. A larger hole for a rivet, (attached to the underside of the plate) has been made after the engraved decoration. The buckle frame and plate weigh 3.49g. Their overal length is 39.7mm. Similar buckle and plates from medieval London have been found in contexts dating to the fourteenth century. (Egan and Pritchard 1991, fig.61, nos 437-439) | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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