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Description: | An incomplete and disarticulated copper-alloy oval or D shaped buckle with a plate. The buckle dates from the medieval period. The cast buckle frame, and in particular the bar, is distorted, but the original form appears to have been either D shaped or oval. The bar is narrowed. The copper-alloy pin curves to form a loop at one terminal, and tapers at the other end. The pin is broadly rectangular in section. The plate is slightly tapered. The plate would have been made from folded sheet copper alloy, but only one side remains. It is unclear if the second side would have been shorter than the extant side, as is the case with the similar buckle and plate illustrated as object 262 in ??Dress Accessories 1150-1450?? (Egan, 2002, figure 40 and p68). At the end of the plate which would have held the bar of the frame, there is a recess between two slightly curving broken protrusions. The pin would have been seated within the recess. The plate has three rivets ?? one near to the pin recess and two towards the opposite terminal.
The buckle generally has a brown surface, partially soil, and where this has been chipped away, a light green surface is visible. The pin however, has a green patina, as well as some visible soil deposits. One side of the buckle plate has a thick dark brown uneven surface, which may be the remains of a leather strap. The frame is 21.6mm long 14.5m wide and 1.6mm thick. The pin is 21.3mm long, 3.2mm wide, and 1.6mm thick (excluding the loop). The plate is 36.3mm long and 12.3mm wide. These are maximum dimensions. The frame has a mass of 0.99g, the pin has a mass of 0.58g, and the plate has a mass of 1.36g.
Object 262 in ??Dress Accessories1150-1450?? (Egan, 2002, figure 40 and p68) was found in a ceramic phase 11 context in London, which is dated to c.1350-c.1400. Table 11 in Dress Accessories1150-1450?? dates the type to around 1350 to 1450 in London, which is the most likely date for the buckle recorded here. | 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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