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Description: | A large and incomplete cast copper alloy buckle plate of Medieval date. It has a flat, trilobate upper plate with rectangular frame recesses that have projecting triangular knops to either side, a rectangular pin slot and integral folded hinge loops. The front face of the upper plate is decorated with an incised border comprising a single groove that follows the outer edge of the plate that terminates at the junction of each lobe with a curl/scroll. This face also has traces of gilding that indicate the entire exterior surface of the plate was once gilded. Three large rivets pierce the plate, one in each lobe, the two nearest to the hinge are cylindrical in section and have disproportionately large glocular heads that project from the plate. The third rivet at the inner edge of the plate is cylindrical in shape and has a simple flattened head. On the opposite end of the hinge loops is the remains of a much smaller, rectangular lower plate that may have extended beyond the first two rivets, although this remains uncertain due to old breaks. The back face is seemingly undecorated. The entire plate measures 35.12mm in height, 46.59mm in width, 2.24mm in thickness, and weighs 13.85g.
A similar, although smaller, buckle plate is noted from Medieval Winchester (Biddle, 1991: no. 1118), in addition to a more elaborate example from Nottinghamshire recorded through the PAS (DENO-893346). These suggest a date in the late-12th to early-14th centuries AD for the current buckle plate. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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