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Description: | A copper alloy harness buckle (probably). Viewed in plan, the buckle is subcircular ?? with one straight side rather than a complete circle. Two spikes project outwards from the curved portion ?? at opposite points near to the straight section of the buckle. The straight portion of the buckle is D shaped in section ?? with the flat side facing externally. The curved portion of the buckle is oval in section. The oval section is orientated at about 45 degrees to the orientation of the buckle on both of the sides that adjoin the straight section. This may indicate the orientation of the buckle in use, in relation to what went through it.
The buckle has some striations on the external edges of the straight portion, and also on the nearby surfaces of the curved portion and spikes. The object is 50.7mmm long from the flat edge to the opposite curve; it is 66.5mm wide from spike to spike, and the straight side is a maximum of 6.0mm thick. The object, which weighs 22.94g, has a well developed green patina.
The object shares its basic sub-circular design with one straight side with a harness buckle illustrated in figure 44 (number F80) of ??The Medieval Horse and its Equipment??, edited by John Clark (2004, p59). This is from a wholesale catalogue of harness and horse equipment dated to circa 1910, although the same type of buckles may not all be modern.
The buckle is very similar to object reference SUSS-CCACA7 recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. Without further context or parallels in it not possible to provide a narrow date for the object, which may date from the medieval or post medieval periods, but could be more recent. | Subjects: | Harness | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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