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Description: | Complete cast copper alloy Medieval buckle plate with an unusual openwork design. The plate is formed of a single piece of metal bent in half over the strap bar (now missing) and is roughly rectangular. There are two seperate dome headed copper alloy rivets, one in each corner at the attachment end. At the buckle end the corners are notched to fit the frame and there is a rectangular pin slot. The back plate is narrower than the front and does not widen after the notches for the frame. The front plate is gilded and domed in the centre, it has a openwork interlace design, probably of a tree with a long necked bird or to either side facing inwards. The design is worn and the details of the birds tail and legs are not easily distinguished in the interlace. The plate is 32.0mm long, 21.5mm wide, 7.8mm thick and weighs 6.25 grams.
SUR-C27225 is very similar in form although the raised design is of a dragon in that case. A 12th century date is also likely for this piece. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Burnett, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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