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Description: | A broken cast copper-alloy medieval composite buckle frame with forked spacer. The oval frame has a central, rounded lip. The frame is flat underneath and bevelled externally on the upper surface. It is narrowed at the spacer to accommodate the pin. In cross-section the frame is triangular with rounded corners. The pin is of thick wire construction. Bent round the constriction, it survives in situ, held in place by iron corrosion product in this area. It has corroded to a red-brown colour suggesting it is of a different alloy to the rest of the buckle. The spacer has a rectangular aperture next to the frame (W.: 3.25mm). Neither prong extends very far - 7.8 and 6.4mm from the frame, respectively. The fact that both prong terminals have received similar treatment - diagonal removals - makes it difficult to know whether this was their original length or not. The spacer is recessed on both upper and lower surfaces to accommodate the missing plates; this is more marked on the upper surface. The buckle frame and spacer have a dull grey-green colour overlaid with dusty, lighter corrosion product. Similar examples of this buckle type can be found in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 78-82) where they are dated to the mid 14th/early 15th century. Buckle frame dimensions - L.: 15.1mm, W.: 20.65mm, Th.: 2.6mm; Spacer dimensions - W.: 14.3mm, recessed Th.: 2.3mm | Subjects: | composite | 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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